In the case of the Russian Federation, the usual instruments of international law do not work, lawyers emphasize.
On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 128 children were returned to Ukraine from the Russian Federation, who were illegally brought by the Russians to their own territory after the invasion of our country. Yulia Usenko, Head of the Department for Protection of Children’s Interests and Combating Violence of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, announced this, reports Ukrinform.
According to him, more than 50 such children are in EU countries with their parents.
“You may ask why the number is so small compared to the number of deportations? But for us it is not a figure – it is 128 children’s lives. When they return to their homeland, it is the work of a large number of people. who work for months to bring back even one child. It’s a lot of security risks, including those who help it,” he said.
Usenko drew attention to the fact that in the case of Russia, the usual instruments of international law do not work, so the efforts of the international community are needed to return the children home.
It is known that the total number of deported Ukrainian children in Russia may exceed 16,000.
It should be noted, according to human rights activists, at least 400 Ukrainian children were illegally adopted in the Russian Federation.
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