The UN agency describes it as the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II and one of the world’s most rapid displacement and humanitarian crises.
The latest UNHCR data show that 4,934,415 people have fled Ukraine since 24 February, 65,396 more than was reported on Sunday.
“Refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children, are increasingly at risk of falling victim to sexual exploitation, violence and human trafficking,” the UNHCR said.
The UN International Organization for Migration has estimated that almost 215,000 non-Ukrainian people who have lived, worked or studied in Ukraine have fled Ukraine, which means that more than five million people have fled to Ukraine since the start of the war.
90% of Ukrainian refugees are women and children. Men aged 18-60 can be mobilized in Ukraine and must not leave the country.
The UN International Organization for Migration has estimated that 7.1 million people have fled their homes since the start of the war in search of a safer place elsewhere in Ukraine.
Almost two-thirds of Ukrainian children have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the war, some of whom have moved to Ukraine and some of whom have gone abroad.
More than 2.78 million refugees from Ukraine have fled to Poland and almost 744,000 to Romania.
More than 522,400 refugees are seeking refuge in Russia and more than 461,000 in Hungary.
Almost 424,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Moldova, and more than 337,300 people have crossed the Slovak border from Ukraine. Almost 23,500 more refugees have fled to Belarus.
UNHCR data show that almost 645,000 people fled Ukraine in February, almost 3.4 million Ukrainians in March and almost 900,000 this month.
Prior to February 24, when Russian troops launched an invasion of a neighboring country on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, 37 million people lived in areas controlled by the Ukrainian government.
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