150,000 IDPs return to occupied territories, 70,000 to Mariupol alone – Ukrainian MP
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Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:36:32 +0200
Maksym Tkachenko, a Ukrainian MP from Servant of the People party, states that over 150,000 internally displaced people IDPs have returned to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, with approximately onethird of those who fled during the fullscale war returning to Mariupol.
Source Maksym Tkachenko, member of the parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations, in an interview with Ukrinform news agency Quote Already, around 150,000 internally displaced people have returned to the temporarilyoccupied territory.
According to available data, 200,000 Mariupol citizens fled their city to escape the conflict that Russia had brought to our land.
At the same time, onethird of them returned home, to Mariupol, to live under occupation.
It appears that there are around 6770,000 people there.
I think those are horrible figures.
Details The main reason for the return of internally displaced individuals to the occupied territories, according to Tkachenko, is that they were unable to start a new life in Ukrainiancontrolled territory because they did not receive proper assistance from the state no housing, no social support, compensation, work, etc.
According to him, a big percentage of IDPs could not find work because of the sceptical attitude of employers towards them, and all those offers that are provided to IDPs are actually very lowpaid.
He asserted that these people face prejudice in the labour market.
According to Tkachenko, their incomes seldom reach UAH 8,00012,000 US194 to US290, while the cost of renting housing in Ukraines relatively safe districts begins at UAH 10,000.
At the same time, when IDPs start working, they lose their entitlement to receive state assistance to cover the expense of renting accommodation.
At the same time, there are very few sites that provide acceptable living conditions for free.
Tkachenko stated that there are currently over 5 million internally displaced people in Ukraine.
Were talking about about five million people.
Why approximately Because, on the one hand, the number of IDPs has increased due to the enemys advancement...
On the other hand, the number of IDPs is decreasing as individuals return home, in particular to temporarily occupied territories, or travel overseas.
We are losing people because the state is delaying support and its volume is insufficient, Tkachenko said.
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