The United Nations high commissioner for refugees says it's the fastest exodus of people since World War II.
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, estimated Sunday that 1.5 million Ukrainians have left the country in the wake of Russia's invasion, which he said is the fastest exodus of people since World War II.
Grandi said there are mostly women and children arriving from Ukraine, since men between the ages of 18 and 60 must remain to defend the country against Russia, as well as the elderly and disabled. "We need this to stop because without the war stopping, people will just continue to pour out of the country," Grandi said."One-and-a-half million is difficult enough to manage even for relatively stable and prosperous countries in Europe. Imagine, however, if we go further up and we will, we will no doubt, if it doesn't stop."
"European countries have means and organization, but if this number of people grows, we will need more international support and at some point, if people stay here for a long period of time, there will have to be other countries offering places to host refugees even outside Europe," he said.
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