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1 InternationalOrganizationforMigration,MissioninUkraine www.iom.org.ua
MONTHLY REPORTMigration
fortheBenefitofAll
IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE
IOM–MOM
• 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
FEBRUARY 2015
IOMpurchasedconstructionmaterialstorefurbishaformer summercampintheEasternUkrainiancityofZaporizhia currentlyhostingover30IDPs
Enlargedversionofthemaponpage6
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
IOM–MOM
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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%
41
197
671
15543 6 6
190
13
13%
2%
10% 5%7%
noincom
ebelow
500
500–1,500
1,500–2
,500
2,500–3
,500
3,500–5
,000
over5,000
difficultto
say
refuse
dto
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.
MONTHLY REPORT, FEBRUARY 2015
IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE
IOM-MOM
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
IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO IDPS IN UKRAINE IS SUPPORTED BY:
Ms.VarvaraZhluktenko,IOMUkraine’sCommunicationsOfficer, [email protected],+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.
U.S.DepartmentofStateBureauofPopulation,
Refugees,andMigration
UNCentralEmergency
ResponseFund
EuropeanUnion