Number of Ukraine war refugees soars to 2.5 million, UN says

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The number of people who have fled Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion has exceeded 2.5 million, the UN Refugee Agency said on Friday. According to the UN data, more than 1.5 million people had fled Ukraine to Poland, some 225,000 to Hungary, 176,000 to Slovakia and 282,000 to other European countries. In Germany, the federal police said they knew of around 110,000 having arrived from Ukraine since the war broke out on February 24, many of them coming through Poland, but the actual figure was sure to be higher. Ukrainians with biometric passports are allowed to move freely in the EU f…

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