Five children who were separated from their families returned from the Russian Federation to Ukraine, and one child returned to Russia. This was reported by TASS Regarding the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child of the President of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova.
“With such tripartite (Russia, Ukraine and Qatar – socialbites.ca) work, we managed to return five children to Ukrainian territory, and one girl returned to Russia,” he said.
According to the children’s ombudsman, another family reunification group is being prepared in the near future.
29 October recognizedIt was stated that dozens of Ukrainian families living in the West have contacted Russia’s Permanent Mission to the UN since the spring of 2023. As noted by Grigory Lukyantsev, Director of the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights of the Russian Foreign Ministry, parents want to return children selected by the social services of these states. In August, Dmitry Polyansky, first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN stated Requests for assistance in the return of children of Ukrainian refugee families in the EU began to come to Moscow.
Previously Lvova-Belova said On the creation of the child protection system in new regions of Russia.