More from 4.4 million Ukrainian refugees left their country after the invasion ordered by the Russian president Vladimir Putin on February 24, according to her data UNHCR for Refugees (HCR).
The HCR recorded exactly 4,441,663 Ukrainian refugees today. That’s 59,347 more than the previous record yesterday, Friday.
Europe has not experienced such a wave of refugees since World War II.
About 90% of those who escaped from Ukraine is women and childrenas the Ukrainian authorities do not allow the departure of men who are old enough to carry weapons.
According to the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 210,000 non-Ukrainians have also fled the country, sometimes finding it difficult to return to their country of origin.
The UN also appreciates to 7.1 million the number of internally displaced personsaccording to IOM data released on April 5th.
Overall, they are therefore more than 11 million peoplethat is, more than a quarter of the population, who were forced to flee their homes either crossing the border to reach neighboring countries, or finding refuge elsewhere in Ukraine.
Before this conflict, Ukraine had more than 37 million inhabitantsin the territories controlled by Kyiv – which do not include Crimea in the south, which was annexed in 2014 to the Russian Federation, nor the eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian separatists since the same year.
Poland
Poland hosts by far the largest number of refugees.
As of February 24, 2,564,994 of them had entered Poland, according to the HCR.
Some of them then go to other European countries. Among those remaining in Poland, 700,000 have already received their national identification number (PESEL), HCR said yesterday.
This number is widely used in relations with Polish public institutions, health services, for obtaining a telephone number, access to certain banking services …
Polish border police estimate that at least 500,000 people have returned to Ukraine since the conflict. Poland had almost 1.5 million Ukrainian economic migrants before the war.
Romania
According to the UN refugee agency, 678,081 people arrived in Romania on April 8, arriving largely via Moldova and then continuing on to other countries.
Moldova
According to the HCR, 406,611 Ukrainians entered Moldova, a small country of 2.6 million people that is among the poorest in Europe and the closest to the Ukrainian port of Odessa.
The European Commission is encouraging Ukrainian refugees to continue their journey to settle in a European Union country that can better bear the financial burden.
Hungary
On April 8, Hungary hosted 413,888 Ukrainians, according to the HCR.
Slovakia
As of April 8, a total of 310,989 people had arrived from Ukraine since the start of the war, according to the HCR.
Russia
The number of refugees in Russia was 389,845 on April 8.
The UNHCR also notes that between February 21 and 23, 113,000 people crossed into the pro-Russian separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk (eastern Ukraine) in Russia.
Belarus
As of April 7, Belarus had received 19,096 people.
Method
HCR clarifies that for the countries bordering Ukraine which belong to the Schengen area (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), the data presented by the UNHCR count those who crossed the border and entered the country. HCR estimates that “a large number of refugees have continued their journey to other countries”.
In addition, the UNHCR states that it does not count people from neighboring countries who leave Ukraine to return to their homes.
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