Representatives of Ukraine visited Georgia with the aim to get an experience of this country also suffered from Russian aggression. Ukrainian officials journey was connected with the building (reconstruction) of a social housing for internally displaced persons and solving of their pressing problems.
Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine Georgiy Tuka, Head of the Administrative and Organizational Activities Department Elena Panamarchuk and Deputy Chairmen of the Mariupol City Council Alexander Goltvenko and Ksenia Sukhova took part in the journey.
In the ranks of a journey Georgiy Tuka with the delegation visited the city of Zugdidi together with Mr. Irakli Ujmayurdze, the director of the Agency for the Life Support of IDPs at the Ministry for Affairs of Forcedly Displaced Persons, Refugees and Accommodation in Georgia (MRA) visited the social housing for IDPs built on the basis of co-financing with the Credit institution for reconstruction (KFW).
20% of areas of Georgia are occupied for today and the question of help to IDP is the actual for a country during two decades. IDPs from Abkhazia and South Ossetia constitute 7% of the total population of Georgia, and only in recent years the state has been able to successfully implement the policy of supporting IDPs, in particular, in terms of providing them with housing.
Otherwise, Georgiy Tuka met with Sozar Subari, Minister for Affairs of Forcedly Displaced Persons, Refugees and Accommodation in Georgia (MRA), and agreed to continue cooperation.
Info:The project ‘Technical Assistance in Internal Displacement of the Government of Ukraine: The Experience of Georgia’ is realized by the The Danish Refugee Council / Danish Demining Group, with the support of the US State Department and the Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration.
The main goal of a project is the strengthening the capacity of the Government of Ukraine to protect the rights of IDPs, based on Georgia’s practical experience in regulating the situation of internally displaced persons in accordance with international standards.
We would remind that because of Russian aggression only officially 1.6 mln. Of IDPs were registered.