The International Organization for Migration is appealing for $38 million to aid 340,000 conflict-affected people in Ukraine. That is a 50 percent increase over the number of people the agency has been assisting since Russian-backed rebels in Eastern Ukraine began fighting for a separate state four years ago.
Millions of people continue to suffer from acute humanitarian needs brought on by Ukraine’s conflict. U.N. Migration spokesman Joel Millman said it is important to remember the heavy toll the low-intensity conflict is taking on the lives of people in the impoverished country.
“Since April 2014, over 10,000 people have been killed in the …read more
Source: Voice of America
