Since 2014 a large number of Ukrainians have been displaced. Ukraine tries to find sustainable solutions for them and help those citizens who found themselves in dire straits. However, in order to develop a sound policy for IDPs, one first needs to know how many of them are there, who they are, where they are, what they need, and who has already been reintegrated. In this article, we describe the problems with IDP statistics in Ukraine and propose policy solutions based on the recent UN statistical commission recommendations.
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Olena Shevtsova, Tetyana Tyshchuk: Displaced but not disappeared
A couple lay on beds in a tent in a transit camp for displaced people in the small eastern Ukrainian city of Svatovo, Luhansk region, on Aug. 12, 2014.
