19:52, 5 August 2003

250 refugees returned to Chechnya

60 families of temporal migrants who found shelter in the tent camp ?Bella? in Ingushetia has returned home today. As the head of the operational group of the Chechen government on the return of temporarily displaced persons Vakha Khasimikov informed, 60 families (about 250 people) will live in the station of temporal placement located on Tchaikovsky Street in Grozny.

Returning people are provided with transport, as well as a three-month food ration, the question of compensation payments for the lost dwelling and property is being solved. The sum of compensation payments comes to 350 thousand rubles, reminded Khasimikov.

Altogether, according to the data of the government of Ingushetia, 60 thousand temporal migrants from Chechnya stay on the territory of the republic.

Source: ITAR-TASS News Agency