Ukrainian refugee crisis already ranks among the world’s worst in recent history

 

Ukrainian refugees are in the news.  In "After a month of war, Ukrainian refugee crisis ranks among the world’s worst in recent history," Drew Desilver of the Pew Research Center reports that the "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created one of the biggest refugee crises of modern times. . . . [M]ore than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries – the sixth-largest refugee outflow over the past 60-plus years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data."

Here is a table showing the data:

 

 

@UNHCRUkraine Representative @KarolinaBilling: Over 10 M people displaced in 1 month & in urgent need of assistance – now, and for years as the effects of this war are vast and devastating.
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— UNHCR Ukraine (@UNHCRUkraine) March 25, 2022

KJ