1.33 million people have fled to Poland - Poland border agency

News 14:40 09 Mar, 2022

1.33 million people have fled Ukraine to Poland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

1.33 million people have fled to Poland - Poland border agency

About 1.33 million people have fled Ukraine to Poland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Qazet.az reports according to the Polish Border Guard agency says.

In a tweet on Wednesday, the agency says of the people who have entered Poland, 93% are Ukrainian citizens, 1% are Polish and 6% are citizens of almost 100 other nations.

The agency says that on Tuesday alone, 125,800 people crossed the frontier, down from Sunday’s daily record of 142,300.

Poland is already home to many Ukrainians - estimates range between one and two million people - and a lot have have gone to stay with family or friends there.

Thousands of Poles are hosting refugees in their own homes too.