Ukraine is getting closer to a humanitarian crisis as the number of displaced people is increasing in the east of the country.
According to the report, most of the people who have fled from violence in the eastern parts of the country are currently settled in confiscated properties of former Ukrainian officials in Kiev, while they need more stable solutions.
Providing shelter for refugees is another issue that the interim government has now to deal with in addition to the housing problems that Kiev has been facing in recent years.
Another problem is that there are no legislative grounds to deal with issues arising from the flow of refugees to the capital.
“There are a number of legislative documentation issues that also typically in a displacement situation like what we see in Ukraine have to be solved and most of them are done by the government,” Oldrich Andrysek from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told Press TV.
The UN has warned that over 10,000 people have so far fled their homes in the eastern areas, and as more citizens opt to do the same, a major refugee crisis is likely to unfold.
A high-ranking UN official said last week that the Donetsk region is facing a dire humanitarian situation due to the lack of social services in the wake of continued assaults by the army on pro-Russian protesters.
Fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine last month after Kiev launched a military offensive against pro-Russian groups that have seized over a dozen towns and declared independence in Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk.
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