Approximately 50,000 Crimean Tatars have been forced to leave Crimea. The fleeing gained momentum particularly when the occupiers announced a mobilization for the Russian army, according to Refat Chubarov, the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, before the Russian invasion in early 2014, Crimea was home to around 300,000 Crimean Tatars, constituting about 13% of the peninsula’s population. “Unfortunately, we cannot provide an exact figure for how many Crimean Tatars remain there after 10 years of occupation. Many have left due to …