Poland is the one that welcomes the most people, 1.6 million. France has already welcomed 10,000 people and they believe that the figure can be increased to 100,000.
Ukrainians who have fled their country as a result of the Russian invasion are already rising to 2.69 millionaccording to figures updated daily by the United Nations Refugee Agency.
More than half of this exodus has reached the neighboring Polandwhich hosts 1.6 million Ukrainian refugees, while 246,000 are in Hungary195 000 in Slovakia105 000 in Russia104 000 in Moldova, 84,000 in Romania, 10,000 in France and 3100 in Switzerlandamong other countries.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has acknowledged that the figure of 100,000 arrivals “is possible.” “You have to prepare to be able to welcome them. The principle is solidarity with the Ukrainian people. We have already identified 30,000 requests for shelter, more than half of which come from individuals. And it will increase,” he explained.
Spain does not know how many refugees have arrived since the war broke out.
The exodus of Ukrainian refugees is the largest in Europe since the Second World War, even surpassing those caused by all the wars in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s (2.4 million according to calculations by organizations humanitarian).
UNHCR calculated in the first days of the war that it could cause up to four million refugees, although given the speed at which the figures are increasing, its officials acknowledged that it is possible that the flow of people fleeing the country is even greater.
Source: Eitb
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