The Ukrainian people are forced to leave their country because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that 10 million Ukrainian refugees have fled abroad or been displaced within the country in the wake of the Russian aggression. Filippo Grandi, the head of the UN refugee agency, said the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes.
The UNHCR’s office said as of Saturday the number of Ukrainians who had fled abroad was above 3.38 million. About two-thirds of the refugees, some 2.05 million people, are said to have gone to Poland and some 180,000 are in Russia. Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration said the number of displaced people inside Ukraine is estimated at 6.48 million as of Wednesday.
Bigger displacement than Syria is happening in Ukraine
Estimates from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) show that Ukraine has overtaken Syria in displacement in the past three weeks, where the fiercest war started in 2010. So far, more than 13 million people in Syria have either been displaced or left the country. This estimate of the United Nations agency has come out in a document published on Friday.
‘Ukrainians being taken to Russia for wages’
Ukraine’s Mariupol City Council has claimed that (Mariupol’s) residents are being taken to Russia against their wishes, while a lawmaker has claimed that they are being forced to work in remote areas of Russia. is going. A statement issued by the city council said, “The occupiers are forcing people from Ukraine to move to Russia. Several thousand Mariupol residents have been moved into Russian territory in the past week.