EU Commissioner Says Russian Invasion Risks Displacing More Than 7 Million Ukrainians

 

DW: The European Union prepares for millions of refugees from Ukraine 

The European Union has promised that all war refugees from Ukraine will be accepted. So does that mean all of them, or just Ukrainians? 

The EU then had to clarify it also meant African students from Kyiv. "I don't know how many will come," EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson replied at the special meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels when asked what influx of refugees from Ukraine she expects. 

"I think we will have to prepare for millions." By Sunday, four days after the Russian attack began, at least 200,000 people, mostly children, women and elderly men, had entered Poland, according to the Polish Border Guard. Men considered fit for military service are currently not allowed to leave Ukraine. 

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WNU Editor: This is where these refugees are going .... Mapped: Where Ukrainian refugees are fleeing to (Axios) 

More News On Ukraine's Refugee Crisis  

UN: More than half a million have fled Ukraine -- DW  

500,000+ refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia waged war -- AP 

Ukrainian refugees flood Poland where warm soup and solidarity await -- France 24  

Eyewitness: Thousands of Ukrainians cross Polish border -- DW 

500,000 people have fled Ukraine conflict: UN -- Al Jazeera  

Russian invasion risks displacing more than 7 million Ukrainians, says EU crisis commissioner -- France 24  

Exodus from Ukraine: A night spent with civilians fleeing Russia's invasion -- France 24  

Fleeing Ukraine: I would ‘have done anything to keep him with me’ -- Al Jazeera  

Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees — others, less so -- AP

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