1、AT A GLANCE EPRS|European Parliamentary Research Service Authors:David de Groot,Micaela Del Monte,Members Research Service PE 729.412 May 2022 EN Russias war on Ukraine:The situation of LGBTI people More than two months into the Russian aggression against Ukraine,there is no sign of it ending on the
2、 contrary,the news show the conflict and the atrocities committed on Ukrainian soil intensifying.The war has pushed millions of people to flee the country,or they have been displaced within Ukraines borders,resulting in one of the largest European humanitarian crises in recent times.With each passin
3、g day,the chaos engendered by the war increases the risk of violence and exploitation exponentially,in particular for the most vulnerable,including women,children,Roma people,and members of the lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and intersexual(LGBTI)community.Humanitarian situation of people fleeing
4、Ukraine and being displaced As of 2 May 2022,the United Nations Refugee Agency,UNHCR,estimated that over 5 million people have fled from Ukraine to neighbouring countries mainly to Poland,which alone welcomed around 3 million people,but also to Hungary,Moldova,Romania and Slovakia.Moreover,7.7 milli