While Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Has
Caused The Biggest European Refuge
Crisis And The Fastest Forest Population
Movement Since The End Of World War II
According To The United Nations More
Then, 7.5 Million People Have Fled
Ukraine Since The War Began In Addition
Nearly 7 Million Ukrainians Are
Internally Displaced UNICEF, Says That
With Every Second That Passes A
Ukrainian Child Becomes A Refugee
Well, The Plight Of Ukrainian Refugees Is
Another Issue Being Discussed At The
World Economic Forum In Davos, DA,
Correspondent Ben Fell Caught Up
With Kelly T Clements, The Deputy High
Commissioner Of The UN Refugee Agency
The Under Deputy High Commissioner We've
Heard Here In Davos That Russia's War In
Ukraine Has Sparked The 21st Century's
Biggest Refugee Crisis
The Majority Of Those Refugees End Up
In Russia What's Their Fate First Of All
In Fact, This Has Been The Fastest Moving
Largest Since World War II, Uh People
Staying Within Ukraine And People Also
Going To Neighboring Countries And To
Anywhere Really That They Can Seek
Safely, A Third Of Ukraine Has Been
Displaced Inside The Country
In Neighboring Countries In Russia We
Have A Very Small Operational Footprint
In Terms Of Our Presence In
Russia Itself We Have A Larger Presence
In Other Neighboring Countries
Supporting Governments To Be Able To
Provide Protection And Aid In Really
Anything That Those Refugees And Others
Fleeing The War In Ukraine Need
Inside The Country, The Situation Is
Quite Dynamic People Are Moving
Constantly With The Bombardment That
Continues To Happen The War Continues To
Rage On And It Moves People Are Moving
Trying To Find Safety Trying To Find A
A Warm Place To Stay During These Very
Cold Months In Ukraine What About The
Thousands Of Children As Well Are
Being Put Up For Adoption In Russia, We
Heard From Ukraine's First Lady
Yesterday That
These Children's Uh Children Basically
Their Memories Are Being Wiped By
Moscow's Campaign
Incredible On Civilian
Civilian Men And This War Is No
Different, You Know We Have Said From The
Very Beginning You Know Guardians And
Those That Can Take Care Of Children Who
May Have Lost Parents That Is The First
Step Protection Is What We Aim To
Achieve We're Working Very Closely With
The Government To Try To Make Sure
That Those Within Ukraine Are Well
Protected We're In Touch With The
Authorities In Russia Make Sure That
Children That May Find Themselves Uh In
The Russian Federation Is Also
Protected This Is War Is Not Uh It Takes
Many Lives, But It Also Takes Many
Livelihoods And We Have Seen Really
Quite Devastating Impacts In Ukraine So
What Should Ukrainians Do Should They
Stay Or Should They Go, You Know This
These Are Choices That They Need To Make
It's A Very Dynamic Situation, There Are
People Going Back And Forth Across The
Border Check On Property Reunite With
Family Members
Um, And Obviously Many Men And
Um Young Males Have Not Been Able To
Leave The Country, So There's A Lot Of
Family Reunification That's Taking Place
People Will Go When It's Safe, They'll Go
When They Have A Place Where They
Can Actually Live Safely And Be Able To
Re-establish Their Livelihoods Until
Then It's Going To Be Very Difficult For
They Return In Large Numbers And
You've Seen Of Course The
Warnings And The Signals That The
The Ukrainian Government Has Told Their
People, Please Do Not In The Winter Months
Fuel Is Difficult Infrastructure Has
Been Uh Severely Damaged In Many Parts
Of The Country And Energy Is Hard To
Find So At These Stages It's Going To Be
A Personal Choice, But They'll Need To
Make That Themselves, Are You Seeing
Signs Thought of Second Wave Following
The Huge Outflow Of Main Women And
Children At The Beginning Of The War Not
At This Stage, But Then Again We're In
The Heart Of Winter Where It's Cold
Where People Are Trying To Hunker The Down
And Trying To Get Through The Worst Of
Of This Conflict
Um, We'll Have To See What
Becomes In Terms Of The War Uh What
Becomes When The Weather Turns A
A Little Bit Warmer And People Will Make
Those Personal Choices At This Stage We
Want To Be Prepared For Anything We Work
With Many, Numerous Partners, We're
Supporting The Government And The
Neighboring Countries To Be Able To
Support The Very Generous Hosting That
They've Had Now For Almost A Year You
Want To Be Prepared But How Prepared Is
The Eu For More Refugees, Well The Eu Of
The Course Has the Lion's Share Of
Refugees At This Point As I Mentioned A
Third Of You Of Ukraine Has Been
Displaced About 8 Million Refugees
Across The Continent, About 5 Million
Have Registered Through The Temporary
Protection Directive That The Eu
Established Within Just A Couple Of Days
The War Breaks Out This Is
Essential It's About Inclusion It's
About Refugees Being Able To Work Put
Kids In School Will Be, Able To Avail
Themselves Of Health Services And The
And In Terms Of Preparation I
Think We're All Doing Contingency
The Planning, We Hope It Doesn't Get Worse
But We Have To Be Prepared For It If It
Does The Deputy High Commissioner Thank You?
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