Monitoring Report on Crossing EECP's [Entry-Exit Checkpoints] and IBCP's [International-Border Checkpoints]

Publication language
English
Pages
24pp
Date published
01 Oct 2021
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Forced displacement and migration, Internal Displacement
Countries
Ukraine

This report provides the results of observation at all seven Entry-Exit Checkpoints (EECPs) and the survey conducted at two of them (Novotroitske EECP in Donetska Oblast and Stanytsia Luhanska EECP in Luhanska Oblast) in the first half of 2021. Additionally, the report also contains some preliminary observations at International-Border Checkpoints (IBCPs) from April to June of 2021. The survey is a part of the monitoring of violations of rights of the conflict-affected population including internally displaced persons (IDPs) within the framework of the project “Advocacy, Protection and Legal Assistance to the Internally Displaced 1 The survey has been conducted since June 2017. 2 https://www.unhcr.org/ua/en/eecp-monitoring‑2021. Population of Ukraine” implemented by Charitable Foundation (CF) “Right to Protection” (R2P) in partnership with and with the financial support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)1 . The objective of the survey is to explore the motivations and concerns of the civilians travelling between the non-government-controlled areas (NGCA) and the government-controlled areas (GCA), as well as the conditions and risks associated with crossing the contact line through EECPs during the quarantine period.