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title: "Protecting the rights of Ukraine’s internally displaced people"
description: "After three years of conflict more progress needs to be made in developing policies to help protect the displaced population. The government should eliminate barriers to accessing benefits, create efficient procedures for obtaining civil documentation and ensure compensation payments are made for damaged and destroyed property."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/briefing-notes/protecting-the-rights-of-ukraines-internally-displaced-people"
language: "en"
published: "2017-10-27T14:00:00Z"
modified: "2017-10-27T14:05:32Z"
---

Briefing note

# Protecting the rights of Ukraine’s internally displaced people

Published 27. Oct 2017

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[Ukraine](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=115) [Internal displacement](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=156)

After three years of conflict more progress needs to be made in developing policies to help protect the displaced population. The government should eliminate barriers to accessing benefits, create efficient procedures for obtaining civil documentation and ensure compensation payments are made for damaged and destroyed property.

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