Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS) says more than 600,000 of Ukrainians have appealed to the organization amid the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine.
“Ukrainians appeal for temporary asylum or refugee status,” Tass news agency quoted an FMS representative as saying on Friday.
At present about 2.6 million Ukrainians are in Russia, including 1.1 million from eastern Ukraine, which has seen months of clashes between the government in Kiev and pro-Russia forces.
The FMS further said nearly 19,000 Ukrainian citizens from the war-ravaged Donbas region, including 6,000 children, are residing “in 338 accommodation stations in Russia.”
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Source: Iran English Radio
