Chernivtsi could be the first region of Ukraine to implement a program designed to reintegrate internally displaced people, nearly a year since the start of the Russian aggression. The top concerns facing war refugees include access to social services, housing and long-term jobs.
To come to their aid, Kyiv has launched this reintegration program, which will first be implemented in Chernivtsi, where Ukraine’s Minister for the Reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, Irina Vereshchuk paid a visit at the end of last week.
The Ukrainian official said this would be a complicated process, since the integration of internally displaced people entails much more than the provision of social services. Since the start of the war, over 100 thousand Ukrainians have moved to Chernivtsi, which is so far the only region of Ukraine that has not been affected by attacks or shelling. Of these, most were in route to Romania, although part of them chose to stay. Over 30 factories from Eastern Ukraine relocated their production here.
Radio Romania International
