At least five million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian-led invasion began on February 24, according to figures released today by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The HCR recorded exactly 4,796,245 refugees today. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 215,000 non-Ukrainians have also fled Ukraine.
This is the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
The data released today show an increase of 59,774 compared to yesterday, Thursday.
At least 2.7 million Ukrainian refugees – almost six in ten since the start of the war – have fled to Poland. At least 725,000 arrived in Romania.
According to HCR, 645,000 Ukrainians fled in February, nearly 3.4 million in March and more than 760,000 as of April 1.
Women and children represent 90% of the refugees, as men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been called to arms and therefore cannot leave.
Nearly two-thirds of children in Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes, including those still in the country.
The approximately 215,000 third-country nationals who fled Ukraine – people who are neither citizens of Ukraine nor the country they entered – are mostly students and migrant workers.
In addition to the refugees, the IOM estimates that 7.1 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine.
Prior to the invasion, Ukraine had a population of 37 million in Kyiv-controlled territories – not including Crimea in the south, which was annexed to the Russian Federation in 2014, or areas in eastern Ukraine under its control. pro-Russian separatists from the same year.
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