MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the final list of members for the task force on refugees from Ukraine, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, a Russian government statement published online Monday says.
“Dmitry Medvedev approved the participants of the task force on support for people forced to leave Ukraine and temporarily accommodated in the Russian Federation,” the statement said.
The deputy head of the task force is Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov, while other participants include the head of the Federal Migration Service Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and head of the Federal Security Service Oleg Syromolotov.
Medvedev asked the task force to take action on temporary social arrangements and employment for the refugees, stressing there should be regional hubs responsible for taking in the refugees and providing acceptable accommodation.
As one of the earliest initiatives, task-force head Dmitry Kozak voiced “the objective to, before July 25, further work through issues related to the new school year in connection with the enrollment of schoolchildren and students into Russian educational institutions."
About 110,000 people have fled Ukraine to Russia since the beginning of the crisis, and more than 54,000 have been internally displaced, the chief spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announced last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the government to take urgent measures to support the regions sheltering Ukrainian refugees, with Rostov Region facing the largest inflow.
Earlier this month, a delegation of the UNHCR office visited the Rostov Region and praised Russia’s contribution to accommodating refugees from Ukraine.
