Romanians serve tea, water and food to people crossing the border from Ukraine into Romania at Siret Customs, in Suceava, Romania, February 25, 2022. Inquam Photos/Casian Mitu via REUTERS
A total of 10,624 Ukrainians entered Romania through its six border checkpoints on Thursday as Russia invaded Ukraine by land, sea and air, Romanian Interior Minister Lucian Bode said on Friday.
Bode said 3,660 of them passed through Romania on their way to Bulgaria and Hungary. Of the roughly 7,000 who are currently in Romania, only 11 have requested political asylum. The others can legally stay for up to 90 days without having to do so.
A U.N. refugee agency spokesperson told a briefing in Geneva that at least 100,000 people had been uprooted in Ukraine after fleeing their homes, while several thousand have already crossed into neighboring countries including Moldova, Romania and Poland.
Women pushing strollers talk on the phone after crossing the border from Ukraine to Romania at Siret Customs, in Suceava, Romania, February 25, 2022. Inquam Photos/Catalin Urdoi via REUTERS
(Reporting by Luiza Ilie; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
People cross the border from Ukraine into Romania at Siret Customs, in Suceava, Romania, February 25, 2022. Inquam Photos/Casian Mitu via REUTERS Packaged bread bearing the sign FREE was put out by Romanians at Siret Customs, in Suceava, Romania, February 25, 2022. Inquam Photos/Casian Mitu via REUTERSA woman pushes a stroller while carrying luggage across the border from Ukraine to Romania, at Sighetu Marmatiei Customs point, in Baia Mare, Romania, February 25, 2022. Inquam Photos/Paul Ursachi via REUTERS
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