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Reception centre in Warsaw to close as number of Ukrainian refugees falls

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian refugees board a train bound for Warsaw, at Przemysl Glowny train station, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland, March 23, 2022.REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

A major reception centre providing beds for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw will close on Friday, as fewer people need this kind of support, the head of the central Mazowsze region said on Wednesday.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the fighting has displaced more than 10 million people and forced more than 4 million to flee abroad, in Europe's biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, according to the U.N. refugee agency.

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