Nina Gurina. About 80 thousand persons c of Ukraine registered with the migration authorities of Belarus, but presumably 20 thousand had already left the Republic, said on the first day of the week, the press service of the Ministry of interior Recalling the words of the head of Department Igor Shunevich.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. According to UNICEF, more than 1, 5 million people were internally displaced. In the spring of the current year the Ministry of internal Affairs of Belarus announced the reduction of the flow of immigrants c of Ukraine to Belarus in comparison with the beginning of the confrontation in the Donbass, and also to the trend of the return of Ukrainian citizens to their homeland.

"Today in Belarus registered About 80 thousand Ukrainians, but given the fact that some of them left Belarus, the actual figure is estimated 60 thousand people ", - quotes the Minister's press service.

Touching their employment, He added that in all regions of Belarus there are jobs. According to the press service, these data were presented during a meeting at the interior Ministry with a delegation of the UN/UNDP in Belarus.

for his part, the resident coordinator of the UN/UNDP representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha said that together with representatives of the office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations on Affairs of immigrants is expected to conduct field missions ": to hold meetings with migrants, to learn more about their situation. Shunevich said that the interior Ministry is ready to provide assistance.

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