Ukrainian Border Service updates border crossing statistics

MOSCOW. April 1 (Interfax) - The number of people who departed Ukraine over the week from March 23 to 29, 2024 increased by to 270,000 from 230,000 a week before, while the number of those who crossed into Ukraine in this period increased to 268,000 from 219,000 week on week, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the State Border Service's social media post.

The number of vehicles cleared to cross the border has grown for the fifth week in a row, reaching now 131,000 from 122,000 a week before, including the number of vehicles carrying humanitarian aid growing to 785 from 743.

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency's data as of March 14, 2024, the number of Ukrainian refugees across the world was estimated at 6.486 million (6,000 more than a month before), including 5.983 million in European countries outside of Ukraine, (21,000 fewer than a month before).

Inside Ukraine, according to the UN data as of December 31, 2023, there were 3.689 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), up 15,000 from early October 2023.