Quick Facts: Ukraine
Estimated Number of Dedicated Immigration Detention Centres: 13 (2012)
Number of Criminal Facilities used for immigration detention: 0 (2012)
Number of Ad Hoc Facilities used for immigration detention: unknown (2012)
Number of Transit Detention Facilities: unknown (2012)
Total estimated long-term dedicated immigration detention capacity: (MACs only) 373 (YEAR)
Number of immigration detainees: 10,922 (2011)
Number of minors detained: unknown (2011)
Number of asylum seekers detained: unknown (2011)
Maximum length of detention in law: 12 months (2012)
Maximum length of detention in practice: > 12 months (2012)
Average length of detention: unknown (2011)
Number of persons expelled: 1,488 (2011)
Estimated undocumented population: unknown (YEAR)
Number of asylum claims: 3,622 (2011)
Number of international migrants (including stateless persons): 5,257,527 (2010)
International migrants as a percentage of total population: 11.6 percent (2010)
Immigration detainees as a percentage of total international migrant population: > 1 percent (2010)
Number of stateless persons: 39,817 (2011)
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Last updated: December 2012
Ukraine Country Links
NGOs and Research Institutions
Government Agencies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
http://www.mfa.gov.ua
Ministry of the Interior
http://mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control
State Committee of Ukraine on Nationalities and Migration
http://www.scnm.gov.ua
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
http://www.pvu.gov.ua/en/
State Migration Service of Ukraine
http://dmsu.gov.ua/
State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament)
http://portal.rada.gov.ua/control/en/index
International Organizations
Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine
http://www.delukr.ec.europa.eu
International Labour Organisation (ILO) – Central and Eastern Europe
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/budapest/
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Mission in Ukraine
http://www.iom.org.ua/?lang=en
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Ukraine
http://www.unhcr.org.ua
NGOs and Research Institutions
Amnesty International - Ukraine
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/ukraine
Association for the Prevention of Torture
http://www.apt.ch/
Border Monitoring Project Ukraine
http://bordermonitoring-ukraine.eu/
Caritas Ukraine
http://caritas-ua.org/index.php?&lang=english
Chernihiv Public Committee of Human Rights Protection
http://protection.org.ua/english
Danish Refugee Council
http://www.drc.dk/relief-work/where-we-work/eastern-europe/ukraine/
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
http://www.ecre.org/
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
http://global.hias.org/en/pages/kyiv
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
International Charitable Foundation for the Protection of Health and Environment "Region Karpat" (NEEKA)
http://www.neeka.org/index11.php
International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS Ukraine)
http://www.icps.com.ua/eng/about.html
JRS - Jesuit Refugee Service Ukraine
http://www.jrseurope.org/countries/ucraine.htm
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
http://www.khpg.org/en/
No Borders Ukraine
http://noborders.org.ua/en/
Pro Asyl
http://www.proasyl.de/
Transparency International
http://www.transparency.org/
Media
Brama
http://www.brama.com/news/
ForUm
http://en.for-ua.com/
Kyiv Post
http://www.kyivpost.com/
UA Reporter
http://www.ua-reporter.com/eng
Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN)
http://www.unian.net/eng/
Ukrayinska Pravda (Ukrainian)
http://www.pravda.com.ua/
UKRINFORM
http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/
Zerkalo Nedeli (Ukrainian)
http://www.zn.ua/
