Pavlo Rozenko: Each temporary displaced person to receive social assistance timely

The State Budget of Ukraine has necessary amount of funds to provide welfare payments to internally displaced persons by the end of year. Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko announced on air of The Public TV.

"Our task is to do everything possible for the people who flee from territory not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities to timely receive appropriate social assistance. We had a slight delay with payment in late February - early March, due to the fact that the funds intended in the state budget for these purposes just ended. But the Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the VR corresponding changes, and the Parliament added additional UAH 3 billion for this program. We hope there won’t be any delays by the end of year with payments to the displaced", he explained.

The Minister reminded that internally displaced persons receive a social assistance UAH 884 for disabled persons and UAH 442 for the rest of IDPs. "This assistance is only provided to those displaced persons who moved to reside to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government. It is a significant factor. The government allocates huge sums for our budget and we need to be sure that relevant assistance reaches recipients, that this assistance is paid to those who really need it, not those who are engaged in social tourism – they came, took the money and went back," he explained and noted that recently the Government had adopted a decision to prolong payment of social benefits to IDPs for another 6 months.

Apart from that, Pavlo Rozenko stressed that there had been significantly simplified a clearance procedure for humanitarian assistance from international organizations. “We have simplified importation of humanitarian aid. Cargoes from international organizations shouldn’t have to wait for 3-4 months on the border as was before. Today, the clearance procedure for humanitarian aid is carried out for a maximum of 7-8 days," said Pavlo Rozenko