23 July 2014, 12:22
Rostov Governor asks Medvedev to send more Ukrainian refugees to other regions
The daily inflow of Ukrainian refugees to the Rostov Region makes 1500-2000 persons, while other regions accommodate some 300-500 people each, Vasily Golubev, the Rostov Governor, told the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Governor believes that the flow of immigrants to other regions should be doubled.
According to the press service of the government of the Rostov Region, on July 22, at the video conference, the Governor told the Russian Prime Minister that "from the moment of introduction of the emergency regime in the Rostov Region, the Russian-Ukrainian border has been crossed by over 220,000 Ukrainian citizens, who stayed in the region; and as of July 21 the region had accommodated in the organized manner more than 35,000 people, including more than 12,000 children."
According to Vasily Golubev, the average daily inflow of refugees to the Rostov Region makes some 1500-2000 persons.
"Other regions of Russia receive some 300-500 persons each. In order to continue keeping the situation with refugees under control, this figure should be doubled and send up to a thousand people a day to other regions," said Golubev.
