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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. -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/discussion/guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/forcedmigration