The situation with refugees in the Crimea who arrive in the region from the South-East of Ukraine, remains tense, but controlled, told reporters the head of the state Council of the Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov.
according to him, in the Crimea arrive daily about 200 Ukrainian immigrants and presumably the same are sent by aircraft for placement in the regions of Russia.
" the circumstances of refugees we believe it is still tough, but manageable. Need funds for their support, we allocated, " said Konstantinov.
The flow of immigrants from the South-East of Ukraine has increased greatly since June against the background of ongoing fighting between supporters of independence of Donbass and the Kyiv security forces. According to the information of the children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, the number of Ukrainian immigrants, officially having an account in the Russian Federation exceeds 167 thousand people. The office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations on Affairs of immigrants said on the first day of the week that the Russian Federation has moved over 100 thousand people, over 50 thousand refugees in Ukraine.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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