According to the High Commissioner for Refugees, speaking on France Inter, Ukrainian refugees are “almost totally” women and children, the elderly or the disabled.
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“Today, at the latest tomorrow, we will reach the frightening figure of two million Ukrainian refugees who have crossed the borders of neighboring countries”, said Tuesday, March 8 on France Inter the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
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“We are still present in Ukraine and we know that there are hundreds of thousands of people on the move, terrified, trying to flee the combat zones and take refuge inside Ukraine first. in safer areas, especially in the West, adds Filippo Grandi. It’s shrinking and so the safe space is smaller and they will inevitably try to cross borders.”
Ukrainian refugees are “almost totally” women and children,” said the High Commissioner for Refugees. “In 40 years of career I have hardly ever seen such a preponderance of women, children, elderly people, people with disabilities, regrets Filippo Grandi. It’s a population very characterized by all that.”
“It’s significant I think to remember this today, on this international day of women’s rights: men make war and women pay the consequence.”
Filippo Grandiat France Inter
In France, these refugees are “a few thousand”, according to Filippo Grandi. “We’re going to have more”he predicted. “The majority are in Poland and then in the other neighboring countries (…) They are already moving to other countries (…) What worries me a lot is that there will soon be a second wave of people who will have far fewer resources and who will be more vulnerable”. “Targeting civilians is the gravest violation of international humanitarian law,” he added.