Geneva: About 4.14 million Ukrainians have fled their country RussiaA full-scale invasion began on 24 February, with neighboring countries flooding by the thousands every day, UN figures show.
United Nations refugee agency, UNHCRsaid on Saturday that 4,137,842 Ukrainians had fled in just five weeks, an increase of 34,966 on Friday’s figure.
90 percent of the dropouts are women and children UkraineMen between the ages of 18 and 60 are eligible for military call-up and are unable to leave.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that in addition to the refugees from Ukraine, some 205,500 non-Ukrainians living, studying or working in the country have also left.
According to the IOM, around 6.48 million people were estimated to be internally displaced within Ukraine by mid-March.
This puts the total number of people displaced by the conflict at more than 10 million, or about a quarter of Ukraine’s total population.
Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine had a population of 37 million in government-controlled areas, excluding Russia-annexed Crimea and pro-Russian separatist regions in the east.
Children have been disproportionately affected.
United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF said last week more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million children were displaced – 2.5 million internally and two million abroad.
Here are the details of how many Ukrainian refugees have fled to neighboring countries, according to the UNHCR:
According to UN figures, almost six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees – 2,405,703 have entered Poland so far.
Polish border guards said on Saturday that 2,437,000 people had entered Ukraine since February 24.
UNICEF said more than 1.1 million children had arrived in Poland.
Many people who move to Ukraine’s immediate western neighbors travel to other states in Europe’s Schengen open-border zone.
A total of 629,917 Ukrainians have entered the EU member state, including a large number of those crossing Moldova between Romania and Ukraine.
The vast majority are believed to have moved to other countries.
Closest to the major port city of the Moldovan border Odessa, Some 391,592 Ukrainians have entered the non-EU state, one of the poorest states in Europe.
Most of those entering the former Soviet republic of 2.6 million people, nestled between Ukraine and Romania, have moved on.
But about 93,000 have stayed, the United Nations Development Program said, with some 80 percent being held by private individuals.
The United Nations World Food Program has launched cash assistance for 100,000 refugees and their host families in the country.
A total of 379,988 Ukrainians have entered Hungary.
About 350,632 refugees had sought asylum in Russia as of Tuesday.
In addition, 113,000 people immigrated to Russia from pro-Russian regions occupied by separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine between February 21 and 23.
A total of 294,885 people in Slovakia have crossed Ukraine’s shortest border.
Another 12,746 refugees had made it north of Belarus, Russia’s close ally, as of Thursday.
United Nations refugee agency, UNHCRsaid on Saturday that 4,137,842 Ukrainians had fled in just five weeks, an increase of 34,966 on Friday’s figure.
90 percent of the dropouts are women and children UkraineMen between the ages of 18 and 60 are eligible for military call-up and are unable to leave.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that in addition to the refugees from Ukraine, some 205,500 non-Ukrainians living, studying or working in the country have also left.
According to the IOM, around 6.48 million people were estimated to be internally displaced within Ukraine by mid-March.
This puts the total number of people displaced by the conflict at more than 10 million, or about a quarter of Ukraine’s total population.
Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine had a population of 37 million in government-controlled areas, excluding Russia-annexed Crimea and pro-Russian separatist regions in the east.
Children have been disproportionately affected.
United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF said last week more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million children were displaced – 2.5 million internally and two million abroad.
Here are the details of how many Ukrainian refugees have fled to neighboring countries, according to the UNHCR:
According to UN figures, almost six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees – 2,405,703 have entered Poland so far.
Polish border guards said on Saturday that 2,437,000 people had entered Ukraine since February 24.
UNICEF said more than 1.1 million children had arrived in Poland.
Many people who move to Ukraine’s immediate western neighbors travel to other states in Europe’s Schengen open-border zone.
A total of 629,917 Ukrainians have entered the EU member state, including a large number of those crossing Moldova between Romania and Ukraine.
The vast majority are believed to have moved to other countries.
Closest to the major port city of the Moldovan border Odessa, Some 391,592 Ukrainians have entered the non-EU state, one of the poorest states in Europe.
Most of those entering the former Soviet republic of 2.6 million people, nestled between Ukraine and Romania, have moved on.
But about 93,000 have stayed, the United Nations Development Program said, with some 80 percent being held by private individuals.
The United Nations World Food Program has launched cash assistance for 100,000 refugees and their host families in the country.
A total of 379,988 Ukrainians have entered Hungary.
About 350,632 refugees had sought asylum in Russia as of Tuesday.
In addition, 113,000 people immigrated to Russia from pro-Russian regions occupied by separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine between February 21 and 23.
A total of 294,885 people in Slovakia have crossed Ukraine’s shortest border.
Another 12,746 refugees had made it north of Belarus, Russia’s close ally, as of Thursday.