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Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy: Government guarantees the social protection to 1.3 million IDPs
05.06.2015 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
In Ukraine, there are more than 1 million 300 thousand internally displaced persons who were forced to flee the territories, which are temporarily occupied by Russia. The Ukrainian Cabinet continues to provide assistance to them and working on improvement of their social protection, Government Portal sasy referring to the Ukrainian officials’ report at the opening of a two-day seminar on registration and integration of internally displaced persons within the Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum in Kyiv on Thurs, Jun 4.
Describing the situation with IDPs in Ukraine owing to military aggression of Russia, representatives of the Ministry of Social Policy emphasized that Ukraine has actually faced a million-movement of Ukrainians, which is comparable in scale with internal migration during the Chernobyl disaster.
As to the report, in cooperation with international organizations the Ministry of Social Policy has promptly organized information base of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and their registration in order to provide them with an appropriate status. The Government of Ukraine has allocated about UAH3.4 milliard for monthly cash assistance to these people for rent and utilities. They are provided with easier access to pensions, financial aid, job search, adaptation in the new environment.
It is to be reminded, earlier the Ukrainian Government had established the Interdepartmental Coordination Staff in order to help IDPs, which includes representatives from 15 ministries and departments. Corresponding informational resources had been also created. The Staff provided the former residents of Donbas and Crimea with «road maps» with a clear sequence of actions designed to help IDPs to get acquainted with their rights and opportunities offered by the State.
Besides, the Ministry of Social Policy also developed a project of the complex State program of integration, social adaptation, protection and reintegration of IDPs for 20152016, which is pending approval by the Government. This project is aimed at solving of the internally displaced persons’ problems.
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