Ukraine war: 2.5 million fled, 4 million expected to follow
According to the reports of international media, already over 2.5 million people of the country have fled to neighboring countries or elsewhere.
According to the reports of international media, already over 2.5 million people of the country have fled to neighboring countries or elsewhere.
The report adds that the war has displaced nearly two million more people. The statement issued by the UN, says that in the coming days, over 4 million more people are expected to leave the country in search of safer areas.
The UN Refugee Agency’s chief Filippo Grandi had described the war as “senseless” where countless people have been affected and their lives have been ruined by the war.
He said that according to their rough estimation, no less than two million people have become homeless and displaced.
The reports further added that of 2.5 million people who left the country, 116,000 are foreign nationals who had arrived in Ukraine for various reasons.
Meanwhile, the UNHCR believes that four million people may decide to leave the nation as the war continues. The UNHRC is not declining the possibility of more people leaving the war-tone country considering the fact that a large number of people have already left the nation in less than three weeks of the war.
“It is quite possible that that number, which is expected to be four million, my increase”, UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said.
He expressed surprise that the number of refugees is more than witnessed in the second world war.
According to the reports, Ukraine had over 37 million people living in the country. Among those who have fled, more than half have gone to Poland seeking refuge.
Poland’s border guards announced that 1.52 million people fleeing Ukraine had crossed the frontier.
Poland has become home for the refugees where the Polish government is providing basic facilities and taking care of the worried people.
Polish border guards said Thursday that 140,000 people had crossed from Poland into Ukraine since the invasion.
They largely fall into three categories: Ukrainian men working in Poland who returned to join the army, migrant workers returning to take care of relatives still in Ukraine, and recently arrived refugees who have gone back for family reasons.
