Africa: Ukraine

(asked on 4th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of citizens of African states resident in Ukraine before 24 February 2022 who (a) remain in that country, (b) have left Ukraine and are taking refuge in nearby states, and (c) have left Ukraine and travelled to a state in which they have citizenship.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 14th March 2022

The UK Government has not made an assessment of the number of citizens of African states resident in Ukraine. As of 8 March, 2 million people are known to have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries, according to UNHCR [link: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine].

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