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Fastest growth since World War II: the UN has already counted 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine to the EU

8 March, 2022 Tuesday
14:27

During the 10 days of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the number of refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries exceeded 1.5 million people

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This was announced by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on his Twitter.

He compared the current situation with the Second World War, at that time there was such a growth rate of refugees.

"More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine crossed into neighboring countries in 10 days - the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War", Filippo Grandi said.

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