Number of IDPs in Ukraine grew by 377,000 in last week

As of July 23, more than 1.5 million internally displaced persons from temporarily occupied areas of Donbas and Crimea have been registered in Ukraine.

This is reported by the press service of the Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine.

"As of July 23, 2018, according to the data of the structural subdivisions of the social protection departments at the regional and Kyiv city state administrations, 1.517,320 internally displaced persons from temporarily occupied areas of Donbas and Crimea were registered," the statement reads.

The Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine updates the information on the number of IDPs every week.

As of July 16, 1.516,943 internally displaced persons from occupied Donbas and Crimea were registered in Ukraine.

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