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Ten million people, or more than a quarter of the country’s population, have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filipo Grandi said on Sunday.
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“The war in Ukraine is so devastating that ten million have fled or been forced to move within the country or go abroad as refugees,” Grandi said.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that 3,389,044 people have fled Ukraine. The number of refugees has risen by 60,352 since Saturday.
About 90% of refugees are women and children. Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are drafted into the army and are not expelled.
According to UNICEF, 1.5 million of the refugees who have gone abroad are children. The agency warns that children are at increased risk of falling into the hands of human smugglers or being exploited.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that Ukrainian refugees include 109,000 third-country nationals, including people from Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon and Tunisia.
Millions of other people have fled their homes but remained in Ukraine.
An estimated 6.48 million people have been displaced by the war by Wednesday.
UNHCR initially estimated that up to four million people could leave Ukraine.
Before February 24, the population of Ukraine in government-controlled areas reached 37 million.
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