The UN emphasizes the oppression of immigrants from a host of regions of Ukraine
Olga Denisova. The relationship between the immigrants from the Eastern regions of Ukraine and the host regions become more and more strained, says a new report from the office of the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The document covers the period from 10 to 17

Olga Denisova. The relationship between the immigrants from the Eastern regions of Ukraine and the host regions become more and more strained, says a new report from the office of the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The document covers the time period from 10 to 17 April.
the number of officially registered internally displaced persons (IDPs) is 1, 228, 090 people. Only the previous week of about fifteen thousand people were registered as IDPs. According to the office of the United Nations on Affairs of immigrants (UNHCR), more than 800 thousand citizens of Ukraine have applied for asylum in neighbouring countries, of which about 660 thousand people in the Russian Federation, more than 80 thousand in Belarus.
"compared with the previous week, the number of Ukrainian citizens who requested asylum, residence permit and other forms of legal stay in the neighbouring countries increased by 23, 600 people ", - is informed in the document.
It is noted that the cases of harassment of immigrants from the Eastern regions in Ukraine." Increasingly often receive messages about the tension between IDPs and host communities in Ukraine. The monitoring conducted by local non-governmental organizations, shows that against displaced persons in different regions were used phrase of hatred ". In Pavlograd of Dnipropetrovsk region, immigrants were blamed for many social problems, " the authors report.
It is also noted that some IDPs were reluctant to return to outside government control areas, fearing possible reprisals, damage of documents, loss of property and fear-mongering members of the family.
in a statement released on the first day of the week the report States that since the middle of April 2014, at least 6, 116 people were killed and fifteen, 491 were injured in the conflict area in Eastern Ukraine.