Number of Ukrainian refugees could soon hit 1 million: ‘rising exponentially’
The number of Ukrainian refugees could soon hit the one million mark, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
More than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last week, the agency reported Wednesday. That number is “rising exponentially” and could grow to a million in a matter of hours.
The refugees are streaming into countries neighboring Ukraine, including Poland, Moldova, Hungary and Slovakia.
The number of refugees has spiked quickly in the last few days. The United Nations’ refugee agency estimated on Sunday that 368,000 had fled the nation, before rising to 500,000 refugees on Monday. More than 200,000 people have fled the nation since Tuesday, UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said Wednesday.
“I have worked in refugee crises for almost 40 years and I have rarely seen such an incredibly fast rising exodus of people,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told the UN Security Council Monday. – READ MORE
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