GENEVA, Switzerland – More than 5.3 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia invaded two months ago, the United Nations said Wednesday, with more than 52,000 joining their ranks in the past 24 hours. In total, 5,317,219 people have fled Ukraine as refugees since February 24, according to the latest data from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. While the outflow has slowed significantly since March, UNHCR has projected that three million more Ukrainians could become refugees by the end of the year. Before the war, Poland was home to around 1.5 million Ukrainians, chiefly migrant workers. UNHCR said that between February 28 and April 26, Ukrainian border guards had registered 1,209,500 Ukrainians returning to the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 28, 2022 01:49 UTC