JRS Europe has published a new report, No Other Option: Testimonies from
Asylum Seekers in Ukraine. Its based on interviews done with asylum
seekers living in the JRS Ukraine refugee house in Lviv (western
border), as well as with Ukrainian border officials, UNHCR, Caritas,
lawyers and doctors.
The report reveals a nuanced picture of a country that simply cannot
offer adequate protection to refugees, and even an adequate asylum
procedure, due to deep gaps in capacity and good governance. Since 1993,
only 5.500 people have been granted refugee status. The EU, having a
readmission agreement with Ukraine, has given the country millions of
euros to boost its capacities to manage migration and asylum flows.
While this money has been used for some things, e.g. the construction of
detention centres, its neglected migrants' and refugees' most basic
protection needs. Detained migrants may go without food due to lack of
resources, having instead to rely upon the individual generosity of
staff. The EU has clearly neglected its responsibility to monitor and
evaluate money it sends to Ukraine, to ensure that its used to really
enhance protection.
The report is avaialbel to download from:
http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/JRS%20Europe_Asylum%20Seekers%20in%20Ukraine_June2011.pdf
You may download and distribute the press release
(http://www.jrseurope.org/news_releases/UkrainePostLaunchPR29062011.htm)
and a testimony
(http://www.jrseurope.org/news_releases/Ukraine%20refugee%20testimony.htm)
from a refugee living in Ukraine.
Contact Philip Amaral, JRS Europe, [log in to unmask], for further
inquiries.
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