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Russia's war on Ukraine has displaced "over seven million people," EU commissioner for crisis management Janez Lenarcic says at a press conference in Brussels after a meeting of EU interior ministers focused on the refugee flow out of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian army invaded on February 24 has exceeded two million, says Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at a press conference of UN agencies in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the EU "must be prepared to host 5 million people" from Ukraine ahead of a meeting for EU ministers in Montpellier, in southern France. IMAGES
Kiev, Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko)Some 7,000 people turned out for the Equality march in Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Sunday to call for greater rights for the LGBT+ community, organizers said. Participants waved rainbow flags and held banners reading “This is my home country too,” “Together for equal rights,” “I exist,” and chanted slogans like “Rebel! Love! Do not give up on rights!”FOOTAGE OF THE PARADE.
Dhaka, Aug 7 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Monirul Alam) The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 continued this Saturday in a makeshift center on the outskirts of Dhaka to administer the dose of Sinopharm. FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.