Refugee crisis fastest growing In Europe since WWII

Photo:  UN High Commission for Refugees
Photo: UN High Commission for Refugees

Geneva, Switzerland -   A UN agency says the Ukrainian refugee crisis is the fastest growing refugee build-up in Europe in decades. The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees says that over one-and-a-half-million refugees have left Ukraine for neighboring countries over the past ten days.  Filippo Grandi made the statement in a tweet and says it is the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.

The UN estimates more thant 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion began, with many more still trying to get out.