From February this year. temporary asylum in Russia received over 18 thousand. citizens of Ukraine, Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republic, the press center of the Russian Ministry of the Interior reported.
“From February 18 to April 29, 2022, among the citizens of Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR who came to the Russian Federation, 22,000 people applied for refugee status / temporary asylum applications. More than 18,000 people have been granted temporary asylum, «Interfax told the Interior Ministry in response to the agency’s request.
On February 18, the authorities of the DPR and the LPR organized the departure of the population to Russia due to the current situation in the region. Refugees are received by the Rostov Oblast, redirecting them to other regions of the Russian Federation.
About a million refugees, including over 100,000 children, have already arrived in Russia from Ukraine and the Donbass republics, Interfax said, said Putin in late April.
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