2023-07-20 02:00:02
Today, Thursday, July 19, the war in Ukraine has reached its 511th day, although some argue that it really started in 2014when the first clashes between Ukrainian and Russian or pro-Russian forces took place in Crimea and the donbas.
If we take February 24, 2022 as a reference point, the number of refugees who have fled the country There are already more than 24.5 million people who have been forced to leave their homes to escape the horror and violence that have been trapped in the middle of this conflict..
It is important to note that, as in all wars, the The main victims are women, girls, boys and the elderlyamong others. The conflict continues without the parties involved showing the slightest interest in ending it.
Neither Russia, nor Ukraine, nor the United States, nor the NATO countries seem to be looking for, let alone finding, a way to sit down and negotiate a cessation of the humanitarian disaster. The continued escalation has silenced anti-war voices, and the situation has veered toward war propaganda rather than objective reporting.. This is causing great damage to the principles and proper functioning of democratic institutions. This conflict is of vital importance and could give rise to a new world geopolitical order..
Almost 60% of the population has abruptly left Ukraine, because of the violence of the fighting and raids
Almost 60% of the population has abruptly left Ukraine, due to the violence of the combats and incursions, as can be seen from the latest data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The number of refugees who have crossed the country’s border into the rest of Europe continues to grow daily following the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24 to carry out the “special military operation”.
Flow of refugees from Ukraine to other countries as of July 18, 2023 / Map: EcoAvant.com
UNHCR estimates that more than 24.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian military offensive, which it considers to be the fastest exodus from Europe since World War II.
He High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that more than 24.5 million people have fled Ukraine, since the beginning of the Russian military offensive, which he considers to be the fastest exodus in Europe since World War II. In other words, almost 60% of the population –estimated at almost 41 million in 2021– would have left Ukrainian territory.
According to the latest UNHCR data (1), 24,558,915 people have left the Ukrainian territory as of July 18, 2023. By countries, 13.386.665 Ukrainian refugees have already arrived Poland (July 17th), 2.852.395 a Russia (December 31, 2022), 3,026,135 to Hungary (July 9th), 2.860.855 a Romania (July 16th), 1.541.050 a Slovakia (July 16th), 875.115 a Moldavia (July 15) and 16.705 a belarus (May 1).
The High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that almost six million Ukrainian refugees have already been registered on European territory, while worldwide the number of people from Ukraine in the same situation exceeds 6.3 million, due to the Russian invasion of his country.
On the other hand, UNHCR estimates up to 15,297,460 movements (and not of persons) back to Ukraine who have recurrently crossed the border without establishing permanent residence back to Ukraine from February 28, 2022.
Photogallery of the exodus from Ukraine on the Hungarian border: Beregsurány
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A group of refugees get off a bus coming from Ukraine to Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A woman with a baby arrives in Beregsurány in Hungary in a bus van with refugees / Photo: FFM – EA
70 days have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine. It is estimated that more than 5.6 million refugees have already fled the country in conflict, while 534,821 from Hungary
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A girl and two boys have just gotten off a transport that brings them from Ukraine to Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A group of refugees rest outside the assistance center in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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An injured elderly Ukrainian woman leaves the registry of the Beregsurány assistance center (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Four young volunteers rest in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Volunteers of the Order of Malta in a theater in the assistance center of Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A Ukrainian child entertains himself with a mobile in a theater set up for rest in the Beregsurány assistance center (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Food truck area and containers for refugee registration in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Imre Slabzan, head of the Disaster Management Department of the Order of Malta charity / Photo: FFM – EA
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Dan and Slavik Belmut are two volunteer interpreter brothers from Israel / Photo: FFM – EA
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Nataliia, a 20-year-old refugee in the Beregsurány assistance center (Hungary), from a bombing in Irpin (Ukraine) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Staff of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A refugee child from Ukraine plays in an assistance center in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A group of Ukrainian girls and boys play around the assistance center in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Szablocs Blága, a volunteer who arrived a few hours ago in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A young Ukrainian among other refugees rests exhausted in the gym set up for it in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A gymnasium of a primary school set up for refugees in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Several refugees in a gymnasium of a primary school set up for rest in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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Barriers on the border between Hungary and Ukraine, in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
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A main street in Fehérgyarmat, a Hungarian town in the Szabolcs Szatmár Bereg county in the northeast of the country, with electoral posters / Photo: FFM – EA
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A signaling sign for the assistance center in Beregsurány (Hungary) / Photo: FFM – EA
These border movements towards Ukrainian territory are highly volatile and unpredictable, and related to temporary decisions to return to visit their families or carry out procedures, among many others, without being considered sustainable returns due to the war situation in the country.
References (1)United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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