According to him, at the moment the number of refugees from Ukraine in the EU is already over 1.5 million.
“These numbers are growing rapidly, and we fear that their number could reach about 5 million,” RIA Novosti quoted Borrell as saying after an informal meeting of EU development ministers held in France.
On March 6, the Polish border guard reported that more than 1 million people entered Poland from Ukraine after the start of the Russian special operation.