Ingushetia: Migrants Ready to Leave Areas of Compact
Settlement If the Authorities Provide Them With Temporary
Accommodation
On March 14, 2012, the representatives of the HRC “Memorial” in
Nazran city, Republic of Ingushetia, were contacted by Roiza
Dolakova, janitor of the areas of compact settlement “Detskyi Sad”
and “Ryabinka” located on the former kindergarten territories in the
town of Karabulak, Ingushetia. There are 300 forced migrants (or 70
families) from the Republic of North-Ossetia-Alania and the Chechen
Republic. Roiza Dolakova passed on a statement from the inhabitants
of the settlements to the human rights organizations. They are
seeking help in protecting their rights.
According to the statement on February 25, they received
notifications from Karabulak administration representatives, saying
that all inhabitants must leave the settlement before April 10.
Furthermore, Ingushetian authorities were ready to supply 5000
roubles per month per family from the budget of the Republic for the
rental of accommodation. The migrants are to find accommodation on
their own, conclude rental contracts and provide Karabulak
administration with account details for transferring payments. This
must be done before April, 10.
Mind you that on September 8, 2011, a conference dedicated to the
question of liquidation of compact settlement areas was held in
Magas city, Ingushetia, under the chairmanship of Yu.-B. Evkurov,
the Head of the Republic. It resulted in the protocol according to
which the Ministry of Finances of Ingushetia must supply the
settlement inhabitants with funds for renting temporary
accommodation: officially recognized forced migrants are to receive
5000 roubles per month for rental purposes throughout the year;
those who lack the status are to receive the rental funds during
only seven months. The Ministry of National Policy is assigned to
raise public awareness among the migrants from the Chechen Republic
concerning the inability of solving their housing question by
Ingushetian authorities (see:
http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/caucas1/msg/2011/09/m262930.htm -
Russian).
Meanwhile migrants complain that the money provided by the
government is not enough. The rental-accommodation market in
Ingushetia is rather small and the prices on the average exceed 5000
roubles. The migrants cannot pay the difference out of their own
pockets. Their attempts of renting accommodation end in failure.
The migrants are ready to leave the areas of compact settlement
under the condition that the government of Ingushetia takes
responsibility for providing them with temporary accommodation.
March 20, 2012