More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the latest UN data on Sunday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had recorded 1,534,792 refugees on its dedicated website by 1335 GMT, almost 166,000 more than the previous count on Saturday.
Authorities and the UN expect the flow to intensify as the Russian army continues to advance into Ukraine, particularly as it approaches the capital, Kyiv.
«More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in 10 days — the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II,» the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, tweeted.
According to the UN, four million people may seek to leave the country to escape the war.
Before the conflict, Ukraine had more than 37 million people in areas controlled by Kyiv — which does not include Russian-annexed Crimea or separatist-controlled areas.
— Poland —
Poland, which has championed the cause of Ukrainian refugees and where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Saturday for talks with the country’s top officials, is hosting by far the largest number of refugees arriving since the start of the Russian invasion.
In total, there were 885,303 refugees in Poland on Sunday, according to the UNHCR count — 129,000 more than on Saturday and 57.7 percent of the total number recorded to have fled.
Polish border guards said they had registered 922,400 refugees by Sunday.
The number of arrivals reached a record 129,000 on Saturday. The vast majority were Ukrainias but the influx also included citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220306-more-than-1-5-mn-people-flee-ukraine-war
