The daily number of border crossings in each direction is converging
, many Ukrainian refugees are already returning home. The UN Refugee Agency has been tracking crossings at Ukraine’s borders since the onset of the Russian invasion. By June 16th the cumulative number of crossings from Ukraine into neighbouring countries had reached 7.7m. But the tally for the other direction comes to 2.6m, suggesting that up to a third of those who left may be going home.
The UN’s tally comes with caveats. Some crossings are only quick trips to evaluate conditions, check on family members and help others to leave. Balkan officials at the International Rescue Committee, an aid organisation, report that some workers are commuting from Moldova to Odessa. But the UN believes that many people returning to Kyiv, Chernihiv and western parts of the country, where the fighting has subsided,The daily number of crossings in each direction is converging.
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