Crimean forced migrants


It has been a year since migrants from Crimea had adopted, probably, the historic document – the appeal to the supreme authorities of the country with the request to provide rights of IDPs – during their first all-Ukrainian Congress. What was achieved within one year and what requests remained unfulfilled? What kind of problems did…

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At the end of 2014 the online media “Pod pricelom” started a mini-cycle “Three migrant’s fates”, where forced migrants from Crimea representing different nations tell stories of their life that was changed by the events of that time.    Andriy Nochkin, who is a chemist by profession, a Russian by birth, a Ukrainian at will,…

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Statistics show that 13-15 million Ukrainians and their descendants, that is approximately one third of the population of modern Ukrainian state, live abroad. Most of them live in Canada, the US, Brazil, Argentina and others. Before Maydan, the Ukrainians abroad thought of their motherland several times a year – on the anniversary of the Holodomor…

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It’s been a year since the occupation of Crimea. And almost as much time has passed since the outbreak of war. The number of forced migrants will reach a million soon but their problems are just rolling up. Georgian experts and also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ukraine suggest solutions for some…

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Marines from Feodosiya are presently stationed in Mariupol. For the last time they have been on the native peninsula in March when they were rapidly moving to the mainland after the referendum. They have been sent to Nikolayev and then to Mariupol to protect their motherland. Many of them have houses and flats in Crimea…

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On July 15 civil organizations from Crimea held a roundtable discussion in Verkhovna Rada where they initiated creation of ministry of forced migrants. On July 17 the government claimed about creation of Civil Service for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol and temporary displaced individuals. However, the appropriate resolution No.297 regarding its creation saw the…

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