Elizabeth Isakov. Almost 1.6 million people were internally displaced due to the ongoing fighting in the East of Ukraine, strengthening of the fights in the Donetsk region only exacerbates the situation, told on the last working day of the week in the press service of the office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations for immigrant Affairs (UNHCR).
"The increased fighting in the Donetsk region and in the East of the country worsened the circumstances of displaced persons. Currently in Ukraine registered 980 thousand internally displaced persons, however, these numbers have the opportunity to grow. About 600 thousand people applied for asylum or other forms of salvation in neighbouring countries, and among them the Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania, " said the press service.
UNHCR stresses that, despite the evacuation of people, most residents until now remain in areas where fights are conducted. In this regard, management believes further increase in the number of displaced persons In their humanitarian needs are not fully satisfied. As expected, February 9, UNHCR wishes to publish another draft on the need for payment humanitarian operations Management for 2015 even at 41, 5 million dollars.
"More than 2800, and among them about seven hundred children, 60 disabled people were evacuated from Debaltsevo, Avdeevka and Svitlodarsk
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