HIGHLIGHTS
As of 16 October, 417,246 IDPs have been identified by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. 95% come from the eastern regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Parliament adopted law on protection of internally displaced persons in addition to resolutions on IDP registration and provision of financial assistance, introduced by Cabinet of Ministers.
With onset of winter season, UNHCR is focusing its efforts on providing assistance in key reception areas: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions. As winterization component, 40 collective centres will be repaired and refurbished for accommodation of IDPs. Distribution of NFIs (10,000 winter clothing and 100,000 blankets) will further complete the preparation for winter. Cash assistance projects will be expended to six more regions to continue the pilot programs, which benefited some 1,600 most vulnerable IDPs.
UNHCR airlifted 360 reinforced tarpaulin rolls for fast roofing repairs in the east of Ukraine. Another 1,400 plastic rolls and 2,000 plastic sheets will be delivered by sea and by road to meet the acute emergency shelter needs in the conflict area.
UNHCR is to establish its presence in Luhansk region by deploying its international staff and partner NGO to assist IDPs in the government controlled areas.
UNHCR deployed monitoring missions to Rostov, Belgorod and St.-Petersburg to assess situation with Ukrainian arrivals in the Russian Federation.
KEY FIGURES
Internal displacement (as of 16 October) 417,246 Ukrainians are internally displaced
Applications for international protection in Russia (as of 14 October) 200,629 Ukrainians applied for refugee status or temporary asylum in the Russian Federation
Applications for international protection in other neighboring countries
Poland: 1,759 applications (as of 15.10)
Germany: 1,049 applications (as of 30.09)
Sweden: 951 applications (as of 08.10)
Belarus: 511 applications (as of 16.10)