After a year of restrictions, people in eastern Ukraine face alarming hardships crossing contact line
GENEVA/KYIV, 30September 2016 - Extraordinary restrictions on movement in eastern Ukraine now in their second year have created increasingly alarming hardships and limited the access of thousands of people including the elderly to healthcare and social payments.
Displaced three times, but retired Ukraine teacher stays upbeat
Eighty-two-year-old Vira is among thousands of vulnerable elderly people snared in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, their lives turned upside down
KYIV, Ukraine - When heavy shelling drove retired teacher Vira, 82, from her home town on the frontlines of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, her flight had an awful familiarity. It was the third time in her long life that she has been driven from home.
UNHCR together with the Theatre of Displaced People presents special programme at GogolFest 2016
KYIV, Ukraine, 16 September 2016 (UNHCR) - Today, one of the biggest cultural events in Kyiv - GogolFest 2016 - starts. The Stage of Displaced People will be part of Gogolfest 2016 held in Kyiv. This is a special theatre programme which will tell the stories of people who have lost their homes. It is curated by the Theatre of Displaced People with the support of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Bus project reduces isolation in eastern Ukraine’s “no-man’s land”
DNIPRO, Ukraine, 18 September 2016 (UNHCR) — People line up at the bus station in Bakhmut (formerly Artemivsk). A woman holds a new broom, while an elderly man nearby clutches a plastic tablecloth with red flowers. The bus arrives and people rush to get on, helping each other to lift heavy bags with groceries and other goods. These people arrived on the first bus ride out of Zhovanka village in two years, made possible only after extensive advocacy efforts by UNHCR.
UN expert calls for comprehensive strategy to address IDPs’ plight as winter closes in
GENEVA / KYIV (9 September 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, today called on the Ukrainian authorities to formulate a comprehensive strategy to prevent and address internal displacement, and provide durable solutions.
