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 .
Over half a million of them have sought refuge in Poland, one of four neighbouring countries that is a member of both the European Union and NATO.in contrast to previous refugee crises . 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. Many migrants are trying to join relatives in countries farther afield. About 90,000 have so far reached European countries beyond Ukraine’s immediate neighbours. On March 3rd EU member states agreed to extend visa-free travel for people fleeing Ukraine. They will also have access to government services without applying for asylum.a hostile welcome . Nor is everyone heading west: 50,000 people have left for Russia and 374 people crossed into Belarus. Hundreds of thousands are thought to have been displaced within Ukraine. The UNHCR reckons up to 4m people—almost a tenth of Ukraine’s population—might flee in the coming weeks. At current levels of migration that number would be hit by March 19th. The EU’s estimate is even higher: it expects up to 7m refugees. That would represent about a quarter of the population eligible to leave . With war raging, no one knows how many will return, or when. The exodus from Ukraine has been sudden, but its effects will endure for years.
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