Nearly five million Ukrainians across Europe have been registered as refugees since Russia invaded the country less than four months ago, the UN said on Thursday.
“The war in Ukraine has unleashed one of the biggest humanitarian displacement crises in the world,” said the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR).
An update from the agency’s data portal on the situation in Ukraine shows that since February 24, 4,816,923 Ukrainians have registered as refugees in 44 European countries.
UNHCR data shows that as of 7 June, more than 7.3 million border crossings had been registered from Ukraine.
According to the same data, another 2.3 million crossings were registered into the country.
According to the UN, 90 percent of those fleeing abroad are women and children, while men between the ages of 18 and 60 are eligible for military service and cannot leave the country.
In total, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than eight million people are displaced within the region. More than half of those who left Ukraine went to neighboring Poland, where 3.8 million people came.
source: Noticias
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