EU sees high risk of child trafficking as 3.3 million Ukrainians flee to Europe

FILE PHOTO: European Home Affairs Commissioner-designate Ylva Johansson of Sweden attends her hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

(Reuters) - The European Union's migration commissioner warned on Monday that Ukrainian children were in danger of being trafficked they flee their country from the Russian invasion.

Ylva Johansson told a news conference in Estonia that about half of 3.3 million Ukrainians who had fled to EU countries since the start of the war were children.