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Poland takes in most Ukrainians fleeing war in March, EU figures show

FILE PHOTO: People who have fled the Russian invasion in Ukraine wait to board a bus bound for a refugee centre established in Przemysl, in Medyka, Poland, February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

Poland was the European Union country that in March granted temporary protection to the highest number of Ukrainians fleeing war, while other countries have since increased how many people they are sheltering, EU data showed on Friday.

What Moscow calls "a special military operation" in Ukraine has from Feb. 24 triggered Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, as more than 6 million people fled Ukraine, a United Nations' migration report said in May.

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