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Ukraine: Protection of older persons, including those with disabilities, in the context of evacuations - Advocacy note for RC/HC (14 April 2025)

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In the first quarter of 2025, displacement through evacuations continued in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizka and Kherson oblasts, reported at over 77,000 people. Older people, including those with reduced functions and disability, are a sizable group – nearly 30 per cent – amongst those evacuated, adding to the growing number of older people in displacement estimated at over a quarter of the overall IDP population in Ukraine, i.e. over 925,000 people. In addition, some 20,000 older people and people with disabilities, including those in institutions, remain in need of evacuation and relocation support.