Europepoorly understands problem of internally displaced people in Ukraine - Deputy foreign minister

11:49, 02.06.2016 1 min read

Europe inadequately and not clearly understands the scale of internal migration in Ukraine because of fighting in Donbas, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Kyslytsia considers.

"Unfortunately, today Europe inadequately and not well understands. Europe, which faced migration crisis, when it had to accept about one million refugees... And we are talking about rich [Europe], which barely coped with a million of refugees, and not so rich Ukraine should [deal with] 1.7 million internally displaced persons," the official said at the first session of the governing committee on the Council of Europe's action plan for Ukraine for 2015-2017.

In addition, he also noted an important role of the Council of Europe in changing Ukrainian legislation, in particular law on legal proceedings.