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Agence France-Presse

More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the latest UN data on Sunday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had recorded 1,534,792 refugees on its dedicated website, almost 166,000 more than the previous count on Saturday.
Authorities and the UN expect the flow to intensify as the Russian army continues to advance into Ukraine, particularly as it approaches the capital, Kyiv.
“More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in 10 days – the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II,” the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, tweeted.

More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in 10 days — the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) March 6, 2022

According to the UN, four million people may seek to leave the country to escape the war.
Before the conflict, Ukraine had more than 37 million people in areas controlled by Kyiv – which does not include Russian-annexed Crimea or separatist-controlled areas.
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Poland, which has championed the cause of Ukrainian refugees and where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Saturday for talks with the country’s top officials, is hosting by far the largest number of refugees arriving since the start of the Russian invasion.


In total, there were 885,303 refugees in Poland on Sunday, according to the UNHCR count – 129,000 more than on Saturday and 57.7 per cent of the total number recorded to have fled.
Polish border guards said they had registered 922,400 refugees by Sunday.
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The number of arrivals reached a record 129,000 on Saturday. The vast majority were Ukrainians but the influx also included citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Before the crisis, Poland was already home to about 1.5 million Ukrainians, most of whom came to work in the EU member state.

Hungary has taken in 169,053 people, or 11 per cent of the total, and more than 12,000 more than the previous day, according to the UNHCR.
The country has five border crossings with Ukraine and several border towns, including Zahony, have turned public buildings into relief centres, where Hungarian civilians offer food or assistance.
Some 113,967 people have fled Ukraine for Slovakia, or 7.4 per cent of the total, the UNHCR says.
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Some 84,067 people, or 5.5 per cent of the total, have crossed into Moldova, which Blinken was visiting on Sunday.
Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita urged the US on Sunday to provide more humanitarian aid to help her country of 2.6 million, one of Europe’s poorest, cope with the influx of people from Ukraine.
According to the UNHCR, some of the refugees are continuing on from Moldova to Romania or Hungary, often to reunite with family.
In Romania, the UNHCR has registered 71,640 refugees, or about 4.7 per cent of the total.
Two camps have been set up, one in Sighetu Marmatiei and the other in Siret.
UNHCR also said that 157,056 people, around one in 10, had continued on to other European countries after crossing the Ukrainian border.
The number of people taking refuge in Russia remains unchanged at around 53,000, or 3.9 per cent of the total.


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Ukraine invasion: UN says more than 1.5 million flee in ‘fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since WWII’

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, form a line as they approach the border with Poland in Shehyni, Ukraine, on Sunday. Photo: AP

Refugees from Ukraine inside a facility for refugees in Chisinau, Moldova. Photo: AP

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Ukrainian servicemen help an elderly woman, in the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday. Photo: AP

A woman takes a rest after crossing a destroyed bridge as she evacuates from the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on Monday. Photo: AFP

Irina Poludnenko holds her baby sister Katy Litvinova on Monday, after fleeing from Zaporoge in Ukraine to Romania. Photo: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in the Kremlin last month. Photo: via AP

A scientist examines a dry water hole in Kilifi county, Kenya, last month. Millions more people may go hungry in Africa if the invasion of Ukraine continues. Photo: Reuters

Deserted streets in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, form a line as they approach the border with Poland in Shehyni, Ukraine. Photo: AP

About 200,000 people remained trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine. Photo: AP

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A woman is carried by Ukrainian soldiers while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine on March 6. Photo: AP 

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US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address. Photo: Reuters

The gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. Photo: AP

US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. Photo: Reuters

People stand in line to use an ATM in St Petersburg, Russia on Sunday. Photo: Reuters 

Ukraine invasion: UN seeks US$1.7 billion for urgent humanitarian aid

Kateryna Suharokova kisses her newborn son Makar in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Monday. Photo: AP

Martin Griffiths, left, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Filippo Grandi, right, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, launch a humanitarian appeal for the people of Ukraine during a press conference at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

A woman reacts as paramedics perform CPR on a girl who was injured during shelling in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday. The girl did not survive. Photo: AP

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In just 11 days, hundreds of thousands of people from Ukraine have sought safety in neighbouring countries
UN high commissioner for refugees called it the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II



Authorities and the UN expect the flow of refugees to intensify as the Russian army continues to advance into Ukraine, particularly as it approaches the capital, Kyiv.


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