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Poland admits nearly 24,000 new arrivals from Ukraine

13.01.2024 10:00
23,800 people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Polish border guards said on Saturday.
Polands border crossing
Poland's border crossingPolish Border Guard/twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna

Since February last year when Russia invaded  its neighbour, over 18.4 million people have crossed into Poland from Ukraine.

Meanwhile, over 16.6 million people have left Poland for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, including over 22,000 on Friday.

Poland  is currently home to around one million Ukrainians, according to the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, after many who had fled Russia's invasion moved on to other countries or decided to return to Ukraine.

Sixty-two percent of Poles are in favour of accepting refugees from war-torn Ukraine, according to a recent survey.

Saturday is day 689 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.


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Source: IAR