Two more children were returned from the temporarily occupied territories
Ukraine returned two children aged thirteen and four from temporarily occupied territories.
This was reported by the Ukrainian parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets.
According to him, the need to take the children to the Ukrainian-controlled territory was reported by the boys' mother.
Recently we helped two more children from TOT to return! These are two brothers - 13-year-old Kirill and 4-year-old Sergei. Their mother appealed to the Ombudsman's Office personally with a request to help take the children to the territory under Ukrainian control. We worked through the appeal and the result was positive," Lubinets said.
After returning to Ukraine, the children visited the Centre for the Protection of Children's Rights.
Lubinets added, returning children the Office of the Ombudsman works in two directions:
- direct return of the child to Ukraine, taking into account all risks and development of specific steps;
- psychological, legal, humanitarian assistance to the returned child and his/her family.
The Ombudsman also reminded that in case of violation of the rights of adults or children one can apply to:
- at the address: 21/8 Institutska St., Kyiv, 01008;
- by e-mail: hotline@ombudsman.gov.ua;
- to the hotline: 0800501720;
- by phone: 044-299-74-08