Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

UNHCR: More Than 100 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide


Mon 23 May 2022 | 12:20 PM
NaDa Mustafa

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Sunday that the number of forcibly displaced people around the world has surpassed 100 million,  especially after Russia's war in Ukraine.

In a statement, the UNHCR announced that the number of refugees related to Ukraine conflict has exceeded 6 million since February 24.

It is worth mentioning that, Poland has so far received 3 million and 532,000 refugees from Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation on February 24, The Polish Border Guard (PBG) Agency announced on Sunday.

“On Monday, about 23,000 refugees entered Ukraine, compared to 23,700 refugees the day before,” The agency tweeted.

Furthermore, the Russian-Ukrainian war has entered its second month as thousands of soldiers from both sides have been killed and millions have been displaced from the Ukrainian side since the start of Russian operations in Ukrainian territory on February 24.

Several countries have imposed significant economic sanctions on Moscow, while Russia has responded by imposing personal sanctions on a number of American and Canadian leaders.