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Second wave of refugees from Ukraine will be more vulnerable, UNHCR head says
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks during an interview at a hotel in Mexico City August 25, 2017. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

OSLO, March 8 — After the first wave of refugees from Ukraine there is likely to be a second wave consisting of more vulnerable refugees, the head of the UN refugee agency said today.

"If the war continues we will start seeing people that have no resources and no connections,” UNHCR head Filippo Grandi told a news conference.

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"That will be a more complex situation to manage for European countries going forward, and there will need to be even more solidarity by everybody in Europe and beyond,” he said. — Reuters

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