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Geneva (AFP) - More than one million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion just a week ago.

GENEVA: One million refugees have fled Ukraine in the week since Russia's invasion, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that unless the conflict ended immediately, millions more were likely to flee.

The U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were being denied access to safety, UNHCR said on Wednesday.

The UN refugee agency says more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last week and the figure is “rising exponentially,” putting it on track to cross the 1 million mark possibly within hours. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said Wednesday that people are continuing to stream into Ukraine’s…

The total number of refugees stands at almost 370,000.

UNHCR says the exodus the is fast-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

Ukraine news from February 26: UN says internal displacement also growing as Ukraine forces battle all-round assault.

Asylum seekers in Libya speak of inhuman detention conditions after raids outside the UNHCR compound in Tripoli.

Internal displacement remains one of the defining features of the Yemen crisis after over 157,000 Yemenis were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, announced the United Nations. The UN indicated that the arrivals to Yemen from the East and Horn of Africa mainly represent migratory movements, and asylum…