OPERATIONAL UPDATE
Ukraine
December 2021
In Ukraine, UNHCR responds for
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three
population
groups:
refugees and asylum-seekers,
stateless persons and persons
with undetermined nationality, as
well as internally displaced
persons (IDPs) and other conflictaffected persons.
Since the beginning of the conflict
in eastern Ukraine and the
temporary occupation of Crimea in
2014, UNHCR has provided
protection
and
humanitarian
assistance and support, including
shelter repairs, to IDPs and
conflict-affected persons on both
sides of the contact line.
Stateless persons in Ukraine can
now apply for naturalization after
three years upon their recognition
as stateless instead of the previous
seven-year waiting period. The
changes were signed into the law in
December 2021 following sustained
advocacy by UNHCR and partners.
KEY INDICATORS
FUNDING (AS OF 29 DECEMBER 2021)
252
USD 28.9 million
refugees and asylum-seekers were assisted in accessing
healthcare in December.
UNHCR’s financial requirements 2021
162
Undocumented persons received advice on the
acquisition or confirmation of nationality in December.
210
60%
funded
Internally displaced and other conflict-affected persons
were provided with social accompaniment in
December.
Tightly earmarked
Earmarked
Softly earmarked
Unearmarked
Funding gap
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS)*
734,000**
OTHER CONFLICT-AFFECTED PERSONS***
1,62 million****
REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN UKRAINE
4,931*****
STATELESS PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH UNDETERMINED
NATIONALITY
© UNHCR / Hishom Abdumanon
A theatre play “I Want to Live” based on true refugee stories
premiered at the Kyiv Theater in Lypky. It calls for acceptance and
tolerance towards refugees and forcibly displaced persons in Ukraine.
The performance was supported by UNHCR and implemented by the
NGO “Youth Integration Club” that unites young refugees, asylum
seekers, migrants, Ukrainians, and second-generation immigrants in
Ukraine. Read more here.
www.unhcr.org
35,875*****
*Residing more permanently in government-controlled areas (GCA)
**Source: 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO)
***Vulnerable, conflict-affected persons living along the ‘contact line’ in
GCA and in non-government controlled areas (NGCA)
****Sources: Protection Cluster, UNHCR, December 2020
*****Source: UNHCR’s Refugee Population Statistics Database, mid-year
2021
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