FMS: almost thirty percent of Ukrainian immigrants have plans to stay in Russia
About 30% of Ukrainian immigrants want to remain permanently in the Russian Federation, said the head of the Federal migration service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky.
according to the FMS for refugee status and the right to receive temporary asylum in Russia already turned more than 180 thousand Ukrainians, 110 thousand Citizens of Ukraine the status received.
" as long as you want to stay in Russia forever only % 30. But earlier, in the beginning of the conflict - this figure was less, did not want to go back only one in ten. The most striking example of " consensus " between South-East and Kyiv, " Romodanovsky said in an interview to " Rossiyskaya Gazeta ", which will be announced on Tuesday.
The flow of immigrants from the South-East of Ukraine in the Russian Federation has greatly increased since June amid fighting between supporters of independence Donetsk and Kyiv national security. The main influx was on the border of the Rostov region. According to the Federal migration service of the Russian Federation, in the period from 1 April to about 820 thousand Citizens of Ukraine arrived in Russia and remained on its territory. According to the United Nations on September eleven, the victims of the conflict was almost 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured body.
After a meeting in Minsk tripartite liaison group (Russia - Ukraine - OSCE) on the settlement falls on Ukraine Kiev authorities and militias Donbass came to an agreement on the ceasefire, which came into force on 5 September. Military and militia periodically report violations of the ceasefire, both sides, however, and international observers have concluded that the truce is generally followed.