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Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia

TA-10-2025-0096 · P10_TA(2025)0096 · PE772.556

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Parliament condemns Russia's forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children, calling it part of a genocidal strategy, and demands their safe return and accountability for those responsible. It urges the EU and international community to sanction perpetrators, support documentation efforts, and ensure any peace deal includes repatriation and accountability.

Key points

  1. Condemns Russia's violent actions and Belarus's complicity, including murder, forced transfer, illegal adoption, sexual abuse, forced Russification and militarisation, as genocidal.
  2. Urges the EU to hold perpetrators accountable and sanction individuals and entities involved.
  3. Demands immediate cessation of crimes and that Russia report identities and whereabouts of all deported children and ensure their safe return.
  4. Urges Russian authorities to grant international organisations like ICRC, OHCHR and UNICEF access to all deported children.
  5. Regrets that the ICRC is failing to protect Ukrainian children deported to Russia and Belarus.
  6. Denounces forced Russian citizenship and state-sponsored adoption as deliberate forced assimilation.
  7. Calls for EU cooperation with Ukrainian authorities and organisations to document missing children, and urges continued funding for HRL.
  8. Emphasises that any genuine peace deal must include repatriation and accountability.
  9. Urges the international community to hold Russia accountable through ICC, ICJ and the Special tribunal for the crime of aggression.

Who is affected

  • Ukrainian children forcibly transferred or deported by Russia, and those in temporarily occupied territories.
  • Russia and Belarus, as perpetrators and complicit, face demands to cease crimes and grant access.
  • International organisations like ICRC, OHCHR and UNICEF are urged to gain access to deported children.
  • The EU and international community are urged to sanction, support documentation, and ensure accountability.

Figures and deadlines

  • Around 20 000 Ukrainian children forcibly deported since February 2022, with 1 293 returned and 624 confirmed dead.