Employment and social protection issues of refugees in Belarus will be discussed at a seminar in Vitebsk

December 11, Vitebsk /Corr. BELTA/. A republican seminar in Vitebsk on December 13-14 will be dedicated to the employment and social protection of refugees in Belarus. This was reported to BELTA by the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. The event will be held at the Department for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee within the framework of the project "Integration of Refugees in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (Phase I)", funded by the European Union and implemented by UNHCR in cooperation with national partners - state and public organizations. The project aims to support the governments of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine in fulfilling their obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees by strengthening their international protection capacities and improving the integration prospects of refugees from the three countries. The seminar participants will include representatives of republican and regional government bodies, public organizations involved in solving the problems of refugee integration in Belarus, as well as refugee representatives. During the event, current information on refugee integration issues in Belarus, as well as opportunities for implementing and applying foreign experience to improve work with persons in this category, will be discussed. The organizers of the seminar are the UNHCR Representation in Belarus, the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection and the Department for Citizenship and Migration of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, and the Vitebsk Regional Organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society. -0-