Global Detention Project – Ukraine Detention Profile
This is the rewiew of situation with the detention of migrants in Ukraine, prepared by the inter-disciplinary research initiative "Global Detention Project".
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05.03.2011
Ukraine: Refugee is imprisoned again because he is a refugee
On 2 March 2011 in the premises of the Kyiv City Migration Service (KMS), right after receiving a rejection in refugee status from that authority, a refugee Denis Solopov was detained by police. Migration Service where refugees are supposed to come and ask for protection turned out to be a trap, where they are caught on demand of their persecutors.
Denis Solopov came to Ukraine in order to seek asylum from persecution by the authorities of the Russian Federation and, as it is required by the Law of Ukraine
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