"International aid agencies say about 1.4 million people have fled the fighting in eastern Ukraine and moved elsewhere in the country.
Social workers speak of a "hidden" humanitarian crisis, since many of these people are not concentrated visibly in refugee camps, but are tucked away in apartments, dormitories and sanatoriums on the outskirts of towns and cities.
These "internally displaced people" (IDPs) - the official name for refugees who do not cross international borders - struggle to find permanent housing and regular jobs in Ukraine's moribund economy, often lacking the necessary work and residence documents...."
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