Few more than 23,000 Ukrainian refugees left their country in the last 24 hours, in echo of the Russian invasion that closed 2 monthswith a total number approaching 5.2 million, according to figures that have been partially updated by UNHCR for Refugees, which were released today.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 5,186,744 Ukrainians have left their country after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, that is 23,058 more compared to yesterday’s report.
“Today, we think of all those who celebrate Orthodox Easter. For the people of Ukraine and those who were forced to leave the country, it will be a new day of fear, agony, loss and separation from loved ones, at a time when the war continues unabated. “Strength and courage to accompany them,” Filippo Grady, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, wrote in a Twitter message today.
As of the beginning of April, the number of Ukrainians who left their country is just over 1,151,000, a much smaller number than the 3.4 million people who chose to leave in March alone.
The International Organization for Migration, which is also part of the United Nations, said more than 218,000 non-Ukrainians, mostly students and migrant workers, had also fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, meaning more than 5.2 million people had fled the country. country, since the beginning of the war.
Women and children represent 90% of these refugeesas men aged 18-60, who meet the conditions to be recruited, do not have the right to leave.
Nearly two-thirds of small Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes, including those who remain in the country.
More than 7.7 million people have fled their homes, but remain in Ukraine, according to the IOM.
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