05 June 2006, 22:06
Refugees are moved out of TS in Chechnya
Upon the instruction of Khozhbaudi Estamirov, head of Staropromyslovski district administration of the capital of Chechnya, 47 families of forced migrants are to be moved out from the TS at 289, Derzhavin Street located on the territory of the former kindergarten. The same happened to them in Ingushetia, when all of them had been evicted from tent camps.
This has been reported in the statement by "Chechen Committee of National Salvage" sent to the "Caucasian Knot" editorial office.
They are allegedly offered land plots in the Staropromyslovski district. However, the residents claim that they can not afford to build their dwelling because most of them have not got any compensation for restoring their dwelling destroyed in the course of combat operations. In case of pressure, many refugees intend to return to Ingushetia.
According to a source from the "ChCNS," the above TS has been visited today by Estamirov, head of Staropromyslovski district administration of Grozny and who ordered to cut off gas supply and prohibited water to be brought to the TS. In case of failure to comply with the instruction on moving out from the TS he threatened to use power authorities in moving out the residents.
In the second half of April, Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic government, subjected the places of compact residence of forced migrants to violent critics. Having called the TSs for refugees "nests of criminality, drug abuse and prostitution," he demanded that the local authorities and law-enforcement agencies should ensure order there. Following that, a special commission was created in Chechnya for monitoring the abidance by the norms and rules of residence in temporary shelters for forced migrants.
