UN says 14,000 have fled Crimea since joining Russia

The fourth report from the United Nations' human rights agency on Ukraine said most of those leaving were Tatars and other minorities who faced 'intensified' discrimination...

GENEVA 
More than 14,000 people, mostly Tatars, have fled Crimea since the peninsula voted to become part of the Russian Federation, the United Nations has reported.
The UN human rights agency revealed on Monday that harassment and discrimination against Tatars and other minorities, as well as political activists opposed to the March 16 referendum to join the Russian Federation, has intensified.

Speaking in Geneva, the UN’s human rights chief Gianni Magazzeni added: "NGOs have warned of a possible new wave of internally displaced persons from Crimea during the next few months as new restrictions take effect and make people’s lives there untenable.”
The report highlighted that those opposed to integration with Russia face abduction, detention, torture and murder by armed groups.

The movement of displaced people from Crimea to other parts of Ukraine comes despite strict border controls. A number of political opponents, including Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Tatar representative body the Mejlis, have been barred from returning to Crimea.......................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/365867--un-says-14-000-have-fled-crimea-since-joining-russia
28/7/14
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