The European office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations on Affairs of immigrants (UNHCR) is prepared to help Russia With refugees from Ukraine, said the Director of the office Vincent Kostel at the meeting With the main FMS Konstantin Romodanovsky.
" We are ready to cooperate and assist the local authorities in any form. We are ready to help Ukrainian refugees as well as helping refugees from South Ossetia when they arrived in the Russian Federation ", - stated Kostel, Recalling that the United Nations also there are programs to help refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in the Russian Federation, ITAR-TASS reported." We are absolutely prepared to help you With the Ukrainian refugees in the Russian Federation ", - assured the head of the FMS, Kostel. He also said that UNHCR does not wish to duplicate the functionality of the FMS and introduced the initiative of the head of the Department to coordinate the work of the office to ensure that the UN can complement the efforts undertaken by Russia. Kostel also made the initiative assistance in the preparation for the winter period in the camps for immigrants. He also expressed gratitude to the head of the FMS of Russia for what the Ministry is doing to Ukrainian immigrants. Before the first day of the week Romodanovsky said that in the Russian Federation for refugee status or temporary asylum have addressed more than 30 thousand Ukrainian Citizens. From June, aggravation of situation in the South-East of Ukraine has greatly increased the flow of immigrants into the Russian Federation, for example in the border of the Rostov region. Every day in the region is entering about 10 thousand people of Ukraine, some of which remains in the area, the rest of transit. Currently the number of people fleeing hostilities in the South-East of Ukraine in the Russian Federation, much more: just most do not seek official refugee status, fear of persecution upon return home. In the reception of immigrants involved more than 40 of the 85 Russian regions.

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