Russia has provided to Ukrainian refugees and victims of armed conflict in the Donbass is several times more aid than all the countries participating in the relevant programmes of the UN, said Tuesday the head of the Federal migration service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky.

"according to my personal calculations, the number of money spent by Russia for the assistance of those citizens of Ukraine, in 3-4 more than the whole of the assistance provided by donor countries to the UN. I don't take here spending on non-stop ongoing humanitarian convoys. It is only the money for the resettlement of people, transportation and medical examination, other assistance, "he said at the round table" cooperation in the field of migration. Modern trends ".

the head of the Federal migration service said that now in Russia is about 2, 5 million forced migrants, of whom 950 thousand Ukrainians.

according to information from the Russian Federal migration service, only the Russian Federation on support and humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees allocated already about eleven billion. In the period From 1 April 2014 to the site of the Russian Federation moved in, and as of March 31, 2015 has not subsided over 953 thousand Inhabitants From the South-East of Ukraine.

within 71 of a subject of the Russian Federation deployed 455 temporary accommodation, where available 28, 8 thousand people, and among them, more than 9 thousand children up to 18 years. In the private sector has almost 489 thousand people. With the petition for refugee status turned about 5, 9 thousand people, With the Declaration on the granting of temporary asylum - 324, 7 thousand people.

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