Julius Nikulina. The inhabitants of the South-East of Ukraine continue to arrive in Rostov region: their number in the region, according to information on Tuesday, exceeded 40 thousand people, said Last news employee of the government of the Rostov region.

The first wave of immigrants poured into the border of the Rostov region in the middle of last year, then in April the Ukrainian authorities began in the Donbass military operation against citizens dissatisfied with the coup d'etat. In the last month of summer the number of immigrants in the area had over 56 thousand people, but then began to decrease. A new flow of immigrants began in January 2015, when the intensity of the fire in the Donbass increased.

"today, in the municipalities of the Rostov region is 40356 Residents of Ukraine ", - said the head of the Department. He noted that 4122 person of them are in temporary accommodation centres, others in the families of citizens of the region. In the region there are 42 PTS.

in addition, the continued sending of citizens of Ukraine from the Rostov region, in other regions of the country by rail." On 6 February, when it was started again sending, in other regions removed 1748 people ", - said the employee of the government.

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