All neighbouring EU countries have pledged to accept Ukrainians, in contrast to previous refugee crises
as many refugees as will be needed,” said Marcin Ociepa, Poland’s deputy minister of defence, on February 21st, three days before Russia invaded Ukraine. More than 1m people have since fled Ukraine amid
. Data from the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, show that Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have accepted 133,000, 51,000 and 79,000 refugees, respectively. Others have fled to Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries . Around 100,000 have arrived since war broke out—equivalent to about 4% of Moldova’s population.
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