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Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the eastern European country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million."We have now reached the three million mark in terms of movements of people out of Ukraine to neighbouring countries. And among these people there are some 157,000 third-country nationals," said Paul Dillon, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), speaking in Geneva.Some 1.5 million children have now joined the exodus from Ukraine, at a rate of just under one per second, since the Russian invasion began on 24 February."Every day, over the past 20 days, in Ukraine more than 70,000 children have become refugees. That's every minute, 55 children fleeing the country," said James Elder, spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).Highlighting that nine in 10 of those fleeing unrelenting violence in Ukraine are women and children, UNICEF spokesperson warned that youngsters are prey to traffickers, as they arrive in unfamiliar new surroundings, UN News reported."To give a sense of the border that I used to visit - the main border, Medyka, Poland to Ukraine - it is scores of people standing around buses and minivans calling out names of capital cities - or at least it was a week ago - people getting onto those," he said."The vast, vast majority of course are people with wonderful intentions and great generosity, but there is no doubt given what we understand of trafficking in Europe, that that remains a very, very grave issue."The development follows a warning from the UN Secretary-General, who on Monday said that Russia's military offensive against civilians was "reaching terrifying proportions".( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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International :Ukraine war creating a child refugee 'almost every second'

Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the eastern European country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million. ...