Alexey Bukchin. About 13, 5 thousand labor migrants from Ukraine arrived in Belarus in 2014, said Deputy head of the Department on citizenship and migration of the Ministry of internal Affairs Alexander Tatura on Wednesday.

"The events in Ukraine affect the situation on the labour market in Belarus. In 2014 the total number entered for foreign Residents is supposedly 40 thousand people, including About 13, 5 thousand citizens of Ukraine ", - said Tatura correspondents on Wednesday.

He added that in Belarus for the last 2 years was in fact a three-fold increase in the number of labour migrants. Tatura clarified that the increase in the number entering for foreigners " does not create serious issues in high crime area."

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. According to UNICEF, more than 1, 5 million people were internally displaced.

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