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Kleines Mädchen aus der Ukraine wird gezwungen, die Grenze zu überqueren und ein Flüchtling zu werden
MIGRATION CRISIS

​FIRST MONTH

Refugees from Ukraine and their children walk through a train station in Switzerland

More than 3.5 million

people left Ukraine in first month of war
(UN figures)
The number of
internally displaced people
hiding from mortal danger
in western Ukraine reached 

6.5 million

in the first month of the war
(UN figures)

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE

4.85 million

officially registered
(according to Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine)
Number of internally displaced people:
Map of Ukraine showing flows of internally displaced persons

over 8 million

(estimated by international experts)

BIGGEST MIGRATION CRISIS

Refugee women and children from Ukraine waiting at EU border
The Ukrainian refugee crisis
has become the biggest refugee crisis and the biggest migration crisis in the world in the 21st century.

Since the start of the war,

have left Ukraine.

16.3 million refugees

8 million people

Number of refugees in Europe

SWITZERLAND

Initially, Switzerland planned to receive 

29,000 refugees

from Ukraine.
Mobile help point in Switzerland for refugees arriving from Ukraine fleeing the war
There are now 

​82,976 refugees

Endless stream of refugees from Ukraine seeking asylum in Switzerland
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