In 2017, citizens of Ukraine were less likely to visit the annexed Crimea, but more often to cross the line of demarcation with the occupied territories of Donbass.

This is evidenced by the response of the State Border Service (SBS) to the official request of the "Apostrophe".

As noted, the administrative border with the Crimea in 2017 as of May 30 in the prescribed manner crossed 789 thousand. People (the same period of 2016 - 932 thousand. ), Of which 387 thousand. (2016 - 463 thousand. ), At the exit - 402 thousand. (2016 - 470 thousand.

3.972 million people crossed the line of distribution in the area of ??

carrying out ATU in accordance with the established procedure (2016 - 3,041 million), of which 2.013 million (2016 - 1.525 million) were for entry, 1,959 million for 2016 (1.516 million), " The document says.

Let's note, according to the Ministry of Social Policy, as of June 2017, almost 1.6 million settlers from Donbass and from Crimea.

As reported by the "Observer" earlier in the Verkhovna Rada they started talking about the creation of a special body to help resettlers.

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