But he added: “Declarations that I have heard from some politicians saying the Ukrainians are real refugees ... and the others are not real refugees. There are also currently 6.6 million Ukrainians displaced within the country, according to the International Organization for Migration. Around 2 million Ukrainians have ended up in Russia, whether they chose to or not. An AP investigation earlier this year revealed that many were forced to head there and subjected to human rights abuses along the way. Follow the AP’s coverage of global migration at https://apnews.com/hub/migration and Russia's war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Source: Libya Today August 19, 2022 01:34 UTC