IDP

Ylva Johansson stated 4.7 million Ukrainians are under temporary protection in the EU, numbers rising weekly, with plans to transition from protection to long-term partnership.

Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian Vadym Davydenko was fatally stabbed at refugee center in Dublin less than a week after arriving. Two others, including a staff member, suffered injuries; police are investigating the incident.

In these difficult times for Ukraine, IDPs from the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine have high hopes that their government will make wise and focused decisions. All too often, though, laws are being enacted that are unwise and confusing. The laws that were passed recently in regard to internally displaced persons have not stood up to scrutiny, neither from a legal standpoint nor from a standpoint of logic. Tatiana Matiash, a human rights activist and herself a displaced person, has agreed to comment on these issues.

260 internally displaced people from Donbas are staying in Speranza sanatorium in 80km from Odesa. Among them 120 epileptics and 90 children with ICP.