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50,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s war have arrived in UK.

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According to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, they are doing “everything possible” to help Ukrainians “build lives here.” According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a total of over 6 million people left Ukraine since Feb. 24, with nearly 3.5 million have been registered in Poland, followed by nearly 1 million people settling in Romania.

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