Reports of forced mass deportations of Ukrainian civilians to the Russian Federation

Written declaration No. 750 | Doc. 15597 | 30 August 2022

Signatories:

Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA ; Ms Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Mr Artem DUBNOV, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Erkin GADIRLI, Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena MOSHENETS, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Dmytro NATALUKHA, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Pavlo SUSHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Raivo TAMM, Estonia, EPP/CD ; Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD

We, the undersigned, declare the following:

We note with the deepest concern the reports by international organisations and eye witnesses of mass forced deportations of Ukrainian civilians caught up by Russian occupying forces. According to the United Nations, the number exceeds 1.2 million, many of them children, while other estimates show far greater numbers.

This is a clear violation of the most basic rights of those affected, leaving aside the fact that the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and these people’s very homes is in itself entirely unlawful.

We call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease such provocations against human dignity, and the international community to react with the necessary vigor.