KHARKIV - Kharkiv transit camp, made of module houses for refugees, is ready for settlement. It will be opened by Dec. 20, the press service of Kharkiv City Council quoted Deputy Mayor of the city Ihor Terekhov.
According to Terekhov, all module houses have been set up, as well as all utility lines (drainage system, power and water supply).
“The town is intended for 488 people, however there are more [refugees], who want to settle. A registry of such people is kept in the town. People with special needs, families with many children and families with small children born in Kharkiv after their mothers were relocated will be prioritized during the settlement,” reads the statement.
As reported, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) is responsible for the organization of the camp.
A total of 112 trucks with humanitarian aid from the German government crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border on Oct. 7. The aid was provided in accordance with agreements between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. On October 8, the aid trucks arrived at the logistics center near Kyiv.
On Oct. 14, 20 trucks, including those with module housing for a future transit camp for refugees, arrived in Kharkiv. On the same day, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Muller presented certificates on top-priority settlement in a transit camp in Kharkiv, consisting of module houses for three families of refugees from the anti-terrorist operation zone.
