| 26 November 2009 Various reports and activities on the conditions of refugees and migrants in Ukraine during 2005-8 revealed serious problems in this field1. This pointed to the need for systematic monitoring of the situation in the region of the external borders of the European Union (notably Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) with Ukraine. In 2008, representatives from various associations and institutions in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, UK and Ukraine, after some discussion with UNHCR, Helsinki Committee Hungary and others decided to take initiative. A Border Monitoring Project (BMP) was set up in Western Ukraine with the aim to monitor the implementation of social, human and refugee rights in the border region. Please see the Activity Report on the monitoring the implementation of social and human rights of refugees and other vulnerable migrants in the Border region of the European Union and Ukraine for the period of November 2008 to June 2009. ukraine-border-project.pdf
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