Almost 2, 5 million Ukrainians is Today in Russia, said on the first day of the week, the head of the Federal migration service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky.

Today in Russia is about 2, 5 million Ukrainian Residents per million exceeds the value of the past year, " He said at a meeting of experts of the member States of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) on migration issues the Global challenges of migration processes in the SCO space ".

according to him, approximately 810 thousand people who Came from the South-East of the country. In collective centres are about 35 thousand people, and among them, about eleven thousand children.

" Asked for asylum in the square of the RF 250 thousand Inhabitants. Granted temporary asylum to 225 thousand Citizens of Ukraine ", - said the head of the service.

He added that on the issues of Ukrainian immigrants Russia has sent more than 6, 5 billion rubles.

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