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Ukrainian Refugees in Poland Surpass 9,400,000


Fri 27 Jan 2023 | 06:57 PM
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian refugees walk towards border crossing from Poland to Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian refugees walk towards border crossing from Poland to Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Rana Atef

Poland’s Border Guard said on Friday that the country received 9,464,000 refugees from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion on February 24.

On Thursday, “Radio Poland” mentioned that the country received Sunday 21,700 refugees from Ukraine, while 18,400 refugees returned to Ukraine.

It is worth mentioning that, Poland is preparing to receive a new wave of Ukrainian refugees as winter approaches and has prepared "more than 100,000" places in reception centers, Polish Minister of Social Integration Agnieszka Ścigaj said.

In press remarks, Ścigaj said there is still no indication of an increase in the number of refugees crossing the southern border from Ukraine, which is more than 500 kilometers long.

She said that only 5 to 6 percent of the 20,000 people crossing into Poland at the border were refugees, the rest being regular transit.