OPERATIONAL UPDATE > Ukraine Operation / DECEMBER 2021
with one-time DAFI support for educational purposes, such as study materials and travel expenses.
Key Figures
Result achieved in December 2021
598
252
Persons received legal
assistance
27
Persons were
assisted in accessing
healthcare
(refugees and asylum-seekers)
Persons received
psychosocial assistance
(refugees and asylum-seekers)
(refugees and asylum-seekers)
103
50
Persons provided with
language training for
livelihoods
Persons provided with
guidance on livelihoods
opportunities
(refugees and asylum-seekers)
(refugees and asylum-seekers)
Stateless Persons and Persons with Undetermined Nationality
Capacity Building and Institutional Support
In line with UNHCR’s advocacy and technical advice, the 2023 Census is likely to include a question
on citizenship formulated to capture the scale of statelessness in Ukraine. The question will collect
information on the number of persons who consider themselves stateless or with their citizenship not
determined, and their demographics, socio-economic background and place of residence. On 8
December, the joint session of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine Collegium and the Presidium of
the National Academy of Sciences approved the 2023 Ukraine Census questionnaire, which contains
more than 50 questions and defines a list of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of
individuals, households and the population living conditions. The questionnaire is still pending review
by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
On 2 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted an online round table with the specialists from
Kyiv city and the regional Migration Service to discuss shortcomings in and ways to improve the
statelessness determination procedure (SDP). Another roundtable training on SDP implementation
was organized on 9 December by UNHCR’s NGO partner TTA for SMS officers from Odesa oblast.
Considering that many undocumented people in Ukraine live in small villages, on 21 December,
UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted a webinar for representatives of amalgamated territorial
communities and social services in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts who work directly with people at the local
level on SDP and ways of identifying stateless persons.
On 22 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner TTA held a round table in Odesa with representatives of
local SMS units, civil registry offices, children services and others to share challenges and potential
solutions in documenting persons with undetermined nationality, also reflecting on achievements and
results achieved in 2021.
On 22 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted an online training on statelessness issues
for 60 students from Mariupol in Donetsk oblast.
Key Figures
Result achieved in December 2021
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