A million and a half people have been forced to escape their homes in Ukraine. Annie Kelly and Lorenzo Tondo explain what this growing refugee crisis looks like. Plus, a couple who fled for Hungary share their journeySince the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine. The UN high commissioner for refugees is calling it the fastest growing refugee crisis since the second world war. The human rights journalist Annie Kelly tells Hannah Moore that the UNHCR estimates that more than 4 million people will become refugees as a result of this conflict.So far, most are heading west into Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary – all of which have opened their borders to Ukrainian nationals in a heartwarming show of support. Lorenzo Tondo, who has been reporting from Ukraine’s border with Poland, says the difference between the response to these refugees and the response refugees fleeing Iraq, Syria and Yemen were met with has been stark. Continue reading…
A million and a half people have been forced to escape their homes in Ukraine. Annie Kelly and Lorenzo Tondo explain what this growing refugee crisis looks like. Plus, a couple who fled for Hungary share their journey
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine. The UN high commissioner for refugees is calling it the fastest growing refugee crisis since the second world war. The human rights journalist Annie Kelly tells Hannah Moore that the UNHCR estimates that more than 4 million people will become refugees as a result of this conflict.
So far, most are heading west into Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary – all of which have opened their borders to Ukrainian nationals in a heartwarming show of support. Lorenzo Tondo, who has been reporting from Ukraine’s border with Poland, says the difference between the response to these refugees and the response refugees fleeing Iraq, Syria and Yemen were met with has been stark.