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IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE

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• The total number of internally displaced persons(IDPs)fromCrimeaandDonbas(EasternUkraine)exceeded1,042,000asof17February,accordingtotheMinistryofSocialPolicyofUkraine.

• IOM assisted almost 39,000 vulnerable IDPsin16regionsofUkraineasoflateFebruary.

• Outofthatfigure,almost22,000IDPsorover6,500households received one-time cash assistancewhithinanECHO-fundedprojectinKharkivRegion,making IOM thebiggest cash-assistanceprovideramongstallaidagencies.

• Aidagenciestripledthenumberofpeopletargetedforassistancein2015from900,000to3.2million.

• Over6,000killedand14,740woundedinEasternUkraine as of 2March according to OHCHR andWHO.

HIGHLIGHTS

IOM’S RESPONSE TO DATE

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IOMpurchasedconstructionmaterialstorefurbishaformer summercampintheEasternUkrainiancityofZaporizhia currentlyhostingover30IDPs

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As the overall number of internally displacedpersons in Ukraine has exceeded one millionpeopleaccordingtotheMinistryofSocialPolicy,IOM,supportedbyitsdonors,continuestopro-vide urgently needed assistance to vulnerableIDPs, focusing on families with two and morechildren, singlemothers andpregnantwomen,elderlypeopleandpersonswithdisabilities.AsofFebruary2015, IOM’shumanitarian inter-ventionhasreachedouttoalmost39,000peo-plein16regionsofUkraine,hostingabout70%of the overall IDP population. 22,000 of themwerereceivingcashassistanceinKharkivRegion.ThroughthisECHO-fundedinitiative,implement-edbyIOMbetweenDecember2014andFebru-ary2015,IDPsreceivedone-timeunconditionalcashassistanceofEUR235 in thenationalcur-

IOM’s huManItarIan assIstance tO Internally dIsplaced persOns (Idps) In ukraIneAs of 2 March 2015

1,042,100total number of Idps in ukraine according to the Ministry of social policy

38,831 Idps assisted by IOM

16,126 (42%)women

13,230 (34%)children IOM’s assIstance

tO Idps In ukraIne Is suppOrted By:

U.S. Department of State Bureau

of Population, Refugees, and Migration

UN Central Emergency

Response Fund

non-food items

hygiene Medical treatment, medicine,

psychological support

legal counselling

specialized nourishment

9,475 (24%)men

924

1,1711,857

25,544

855

Ivano-Frankivsk

khmelnytskyi

LutskRivne

Zhytomyr

Uzhorod

Cherkasy

Kirovohrad

Chernihiv

Luhansk

Donetsk

Simferopol

Vinnytsia

dnipropetrovsk

Zaporizhia

kharkiv

767

502

1,0481,333

1,674

Odesa

Mariupol

kherson

Mykolaiv

kyiv1,148

353

ternopil

1,253

lviv

chernivsti

26

sumy

262

cash assistance

Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

poltava

114out of that figure 21,903 Idps assisted with cash payments from eu

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rencyperhouseholdforbasicwinterneeds–warmclothing,utilities,heating,etc.Theprojectfocusedonthemostvulnerablehouseholds,i.e.disabledorelderlyandfamilieswithmanychildren.

Accordingtothepost-distributionmonitoring,conductedbytheIOMteamviatelephoneandface-to-faceinterviewswith1,322households,allrespondentsreportedthatthecashassistancewasprovidedinaconvenientwayandhelpedthemtocovertheirmostsubstantialneeds.However,only65%weresatisfiedwiththeamount,andone-thirdstateditwasnotsufficienttocovertheneedsofallmembersofthehousehold.

Forty-sixpercentofthesurveyedbeneficiariessaidthattheirfamiliesspentthemoneyonwinterizationpurposesex-clusively:7%forutilities’expensesand39%forwarmclothes.Twenty-onepercentuseditformedication,healthcareservicesandmedicalequipment,and16%forfood.Ninety-fourpercentofthehouseholdssplitthecashassistanceoverseveraloptions.

AnIDPpickinguphisenvelopecontainingthecashassistanceatabankcounterinKharkiv

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IOMprovidedcoaltokeepnearly140IDPsstayinginarecre-ationcentreinOdesawarmforthenextthreemonths

KEYSOURCESOFIDPS’INCOME*

IDPS’INCOMELEVEL(PERPERSONPERMONTHINUAH)*

AMOUNTIDPSSPENDFORRENT(PERMONTH,UAH)*

* Based on IOM’s telephone and face-to-face interviews with 1,322 IDP households in Kharkiv Region, conducted in February 2015

According to thesurvey, themain incomesources forthe IDPs are pension (29%), Government assistance(34%), and salary (13%). The income level per dis-placed person remains very low. Themajority of therespondents reported a monthly income betweenUAH500andUAH1,500(astheUkrainianhryvniahassufferedseveredevaluation,nowthesesumsareonlyEUR15–EUR45).

Two-thirds of the surveyed IDPs expressed the inten-tion to remain in the area of their displacement inKharkivRegion,around10%expressedthewishtore-turnhome,and20%arecurrentlyunabletodecideonewayortheother.

IOMhasexpandeditsassistancetoalsofocusonlong-termsolutionsinordertoprovideintegrationopportu-nitiesandlivelihoodsupportforIDPs,andtoassisthostcommunities. EU andNorwegian-fundedmicro-enter-prise and self-employment training schemes for IDPsarecurrentlytargetingover1,200people.

Inaddition,arecentlyconfirmedUSD1.4millioncontri-butionfromJapanwillaimtoensurethatpeoplelivinginselectedcommunitiesintheDonbasregionwillhaveaccess to social and public infrastructure, and betterlivelihoodopportunities.

Theprojectwillhelptorenovateandupgradeinfrastruc-tureincludingsocial,educationalandmedicalfacilities,aswellasproviding livelihoodopportunities forsome300people,thatwillbenefitthewholecommunity.

34%

salarypensionGovernmentassistancetoIDPs

upto500500–1,5001,500–2,500

socialpaymentshelpfromrelativesassistancefromcivilsocietyandinternationalorganizations

2,500–3,5003,500–5,000Over5,000

noincome

refusedtorespond

29%

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ebelow

500

500–1,500

1,500–2

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2,500–3

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3,500–5

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over5,000

difficultto

say

refuse

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respond

28%

23%

18%

6%1%

13%

11%

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Borys*returnedtohisnativevillageinVinnytsiaRegionlastyear.Alas,thiswasnotanordinaryreturntohisroots,ashehadtofleefromconflictinLuhanskRegionwherehehadlivedforalmost40years.Heusedtochairapublicutilitycompanyandalsohadhisownbusinessproducingfencingandtomb-stones.WhentheconflictinEasternUkrainestarted,Boryshadtoquithisjobandshutdownhissmallbusiness.“MycarwastheonlythingIwasabletotakewithme,”hesays.

Heiscurrentlystayingwithhissister’sfamilyandrenovat-ingavillagehousehehasboughtnextdoor.“Thisplacewasabandonedfor15years,”heexplainsaswewalkthroughtheconstructionsitetoseehisfuturesaunaandagardenwhichstillneedssometreecuttingandcultivation.Therenovationisongoing,andanewfrontyardfenceshinesasabeaconforthewholevillagestreet.IOMsupportedBoryswithbuildingtoolsforhishomerenovation.Later,heattendedamicro-enterprisetrainingforIDPs,conductedbyIOMpartnerNGO“SpringofHope”within aNorway-funded IDP integration

project,andsuccessfullydefendedhisbusinessplanofpro-ducingtilesandpavingstones.Withanupcominggrant,Bo-rysplanstostartproductionwhenspringcomes.“Tilesdonotdryoutproperlyinthecold,”heexplains.

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BorysshowshisfuturegardentoIOMUkraine’sChiefofMissionProfazi(right)andtheteam

NewhomeofBorysneedstobecompletelyrenovated

LIFE STORIES

PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW LIFE

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Borysimmediatelybecameapopularpersoninthevillage,sincehestartedtraininglocalchildreninmartialarts.Heusedtohave22students,butastrainingisnoteasy,only13childrenremaininthegroup.TheirparentspayBorysasymbolicfeeofUAH50permonth,andthisalsokeepschildrenmotivatedtoattendtraining.

“IdidmyarmyserviceinEastGermanyatthebeginningofthe1970s,”Borystellsus.“ThenIstarteddreamingof‘buildingEurope’inUkraine,inLuhanskRegion.Now,inmy60s,IamfinallyabletolivemydreambyrefiningthisplotherenearVin-nytsia.Amanalwaysneedstohaveadream.Ithelpsyoutokeeppushingforward,”hesays.

A SAFE HAVEN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Tetiana*movedfromKhartsyzkinDonetskRegiontotheWesternUkrainiancityofIvano-FrankivskinAugustlastyearwithhermotherandtwochildren.First,theystayedattheBanderstadthotel,whereIDPscomingtothecityaretemporarilyhosted,andlaterstartedrentingaone-roomflat.IOMprovidedthefamilywithafoldingbed,blankets,pillows,bedlinen,kitchenwareandaheater.

IDPchildrenintheirnewtinyhomeinIvano-Frankivsk

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Tetianagotajobasaprimaryschoolteacher.Herson,whomIOMboughtauniformandschoolbag,isasecondgraderata localschool.AfterTetiana’sdaughterenrolled intoakin-dergarten,thefamily’sgrandmotherwasabletofindajobaswell.Sheworksasacashieratasupermarket.Whenthekidsgotsick,IOMhelpedwithmedicine.AutumnandwinterclothesforthechildrenwerealsopurchasedbyIOM.

LikemanyotherIDPs,TetianathinksthathermovetoWest-ernUkrainewillbedefinite.“Wecannotconsiderreturninghome,”saysTetiana.“WewillstayinIvano-Frankivsk.”

* The names have been changed

IOM’S RESPONSE MAP

IOM’s huManItarIan assIstance tO Internally dIsplaced persOns (Idps) In ukraIneAs of 2 March 2015

1,042,100total number of Idps in ukraine according to the Ministry of social policy

38,831 Idps assisted by IOM

16,126 (42%)women

13,230 (34%)children IOM’s assIstance

tO Idps In ukraIne Is suppOrted By:

U.S. Department of State Bureau

of Population, Refugees, and Migration

UN Central Emergency

Response Fund

non-food items

hygiene Medical treatment, medicine,

psychological support

legal counselling

specialized nourishment

9,475 (24%)men

924

1,1711,857

25,544

855

Ivano-Frankivsk

khmelnytskyi

LutskRivne

Zhytomyr

Uzhorod

Cherkasy

Kirovohrad

Chernihiv

Luhansk

Donetsk

Simferopol

Vinnytsia

dnipropetrovsk

Zaporizhia

kharkiv

767

502

1,0481,333

1,674

Odesa

Mariupol

kherson

Mykolaiv

kyiv1,148

353

ternopil

1,253

lviv

chernivsti

26

sumy

262

cash assistance

Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

poltava

114out of that figure 21,903 Idps assisted with cash payments from eu

Tetiana’smotherreceivingmedicineforhergrandchildren throughIOM’spartnerNGOCaritasIvano-Frankivsk

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO IDPS IN UKRAINE IS SUPPORTED BY:

Ms.VarvaraZhluktenko,IOMUkraine’sCommunicationsOfficer, vzhluktenko@iom.int,+380445685015,+380674479792

InApril2014,armedgroupsintheDonbasregionofEasternUkraine(DonetskandLuhansk)begantoseizebuildingsandarms.Asaresultofongoingfightingbetweenarmedgroupsandgovernmentforces,aswellastheeventswhichoccurredintheAutonomousRepublicofCrimea(ARC)inMarch2014,peoplehavebeenforcedtofleetheirhomesandhavebecomeincreasinglyvulnerable.Mosthaveleftwithfewbelongingsandareinneedofshelter,foodandnon-foodassistance,astheirsavingsareoftenmeager,socialbenefitstaketimetore-register,andlivelihoodsoptionsmayberestricted.Concurrently,whilegrassrootsvolunteerorganizations,civilsocietyandhostcommunitieshaveprovidedarobustresponsetotheimmediateneedsofIDPs,theeconomiccrisisinUkrainehashamperedtheircapacitytopro-videhumanitarianassistanceandmoredurablesolutions,inpartthroughemploymentandcommunitystabilization.ThosestayinginDonbasregion,particularlyinareasaffectedbyfighting,faceimminentsecuritythreats.Theprovisionofbasicserviceshasbeendisrupted,suppliesareincreasinglylimited,andeconomicactivityhasbeencrippled.Ongo-ingdailyceasefireviolationscontinuetobereported.

BACKGROUND ON THE CRISIS

In line with IOM’s global strategy, the IOM Mission in Ukraine aims at advancing the understanding of the opportunities and chal-lenges of migration in the Ukrainian context. Maximizing those opportunities and minimizing the challenges presented by migra-tory movements are the guiding principles of all activities and programmes the Mission engages in.

IOM Ukraine fights trafficking in human beings, assists the Government in addressing the needs of internally displaced persons and dealing with irregular migration, improving its migration management system, and creating migrant-inclusive health practices and policies. At the same time, IOM Ukraine engages in exploring and promoting regular channels for Ukrainian labour migrants, harnessing the development potential of migration, disseminating migration information and managing migration movements and integration of ethnic minorities, promoting the benefits of cultural diversity, and counteracting xenophobia and intolerance.

During the 18 years of its presence in Ukraine, IOM has assisted close to 400,000 migrants (Ukrainians and other nationalities), potential migrants, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups, directly or through its project partners.

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