A child is playing at the Global Expo refugee reception centre in Warsaw. It is estimated by the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, that five million Ukrainians have left since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th. Almost three million people have crossed the Polish border from Ukraine. In Warsaw, still thousands of people are sheltering in the Global Expo reception centre for refugees - one of many and second largest refugee shelter in the capital. (Photo by Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Global Expo refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland – 19 Apr 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country. The agency announced the milestone in Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II on Wednesday. When the number reached 4 million on March 30, the exodus exceeded the worst-case predictions of the Geneva-based U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The receiving countries are providing various forms of support, but they are also calling for international help as they face the unprecedented challenge, especially now as Russia has intensified attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. The mayor of Warsaw says Poland’s capital is at capacity and can’t house more refugees.
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