Poland accepts 1.33 million refugees from Ukraine: officials

Poland has admitted 1,330,000 people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Polish Border Guard agency reported on Wednesday.

Refugees from Ukraine at the Polish border crossing of Krakowiec-Korczowa on Tuesday, March 8.

PAP/Vitaliy Hrabar

Some 93 percent of the war refugees are Ukrainian, 1 percent are Polish and the remaining 6 percent represent around 100 other countries, the agency said, as cited by public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.

On Tuesday, 125,800 people crossed into Poland from Ukraine, with a further 33,500 refugees arriving by 7am on Wednesday morning, the Border Guard said. 

#Pomagamy🇺🇦

Od 24.02 z 🇺🇦do 🇵🇱 przyjechało 1,33 mln osób.
Wśród nich 93% to ob.Ukrainy,1% ob.Polski, 6% ob.prawie 100 różnych państw.
Wczoraj tj.08.03 #funkcjonariuszeSG odprawili 125,8 tys. podróżnych z🇺🇦.
Dzisiaj do godz.07.00 z🇺🇦 przyjechało 33,5 tys. osób.#NOSG #BiOSG pic.twitter.com/XqDSo85VEQ

— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) March 9, 2022

Refugees have been fleeing to Poland ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

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Source: IAR, PAP