According to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, even if one child abducted by Russia is returned per day, it will take at least 55 years to return all children.
What is known about the prospects for the return of abducted Ukrainian children from Russia
During his speech at a meeting of the International Coalition of 72 countries and international organisations, Lubinets noted that Russia has been abducting Ukrainian children since 2014.
The Ombudsperson stressed that the Russian occupiers launched the "Train of Hope" programme to justify their own criminal actions.
Almost 10 years have passed since then! When the occupiers kidnapped an 8-year-old child, he is now an adult boy or girl! And children grow up very quickly - and Russia takes away not only their childhood, but also their family, country, and nationality, Lubinets stressed.
He noted that it would take Ukraine at least 55 years to return all of the children abducted by Russia if it started returning one abducted child a day.
The Ombudsman stressed that Kremlin propagandists create and broadcast false stories about the alleged "evacuation", "rescue" and "rehabilitation" of abducted Ukrainian children.
However, things must be called what they are, because the deportation of children is genocide and a war crime.
In particular, during the meeting, Lubinets called for effective steps, namely:
recognition of Russia's actions as a crime of genocide;
new arrest warrants for those responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children;
providing access to lists of all deported and displaced children;
checking and updating data on deported or displaced children;
opening humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians;
creation of rehabilitation centers for returned children.
What is known about the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia
The film by the team of the Ukrainian independent media online.ua "Crippled Childhood" is a scientific and psychological study of the current situation regarding the forced deportation and abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The film contains real stories of children and their families affected by Russia's war against Ukraine, as well as comments from leading scientists, psychologists, lawyers and experts on child protection.
The film's protagonists went through Russian captivity, torture, abduction to a health camp, and some were separated from their parents during the so-called filtration measures.
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