Elizabeth Isakov. The number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine exceeded 1 million people, told Last news in the international organization for migration (IOM).
On Tuesday, press Secretary of the organization Joel Millman reported that the number of internally displaced persons has more than 950 thousand people.
According to the latest data of the Ministry of social policy of Ukraine, which has the IOM mission in Ukraine, the number of internally displaced persons in this country amounted to 1 million 7 thousand 917 people.
In the near future, the PTO does not expect reduction of internal migration in Ukraine. Among the main reasons are called, for example, the lack of confidence in the future, destroyed infrastructure and houses in the Donbass.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were about 5, 5 thousands of civilians. Hand many times attempted to come to a consensus With the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE in the process of negotiations in Minsk. In the autumn of this has led to a continuous reduction of the intensity of the fire after the signing of the agreements on the settlement, but after the new year holidays the situation again deteriorated, the Number of attacks has increased.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.
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