The number of Ukrainian refugees who want to stay in a new place of residence abroad has increased from 8 to 18%.
The share of Ukrainians who, fleeing the war, went abroad and wanted to stay in a new place of residence increased from 8 to 18% throughout the year. These are the results of the study Key Capital: How Migration Processes Affect Business, conducted by the research company Gradus Research specifically for the Kyiv International Economic Forum.
At the same time, the researchers noticed an almost invariably high desire of Ukrainian migrants to return to their home in Ukraine: today the share of such people among the respondents is 63%, while a year ago it was at 67% .
Of those who intend to return, more than a third plan to do so by the end of 2024 (39%), while another third of respondents (36%) are having difficulty deciding.
The level of adaptation of Ukrainians who went abroad reached 62%. The leading countries to which Ukrainians migrate remain Poland (29%), Lithuania (16%) and Germany (10%), although this does not correspond to Eurostat data (23.1%, 1.7% and 28.3 %, respectively ).
The founder and director of the research company, Evgenia Bliznyuk, said that 83% of refugees in Ukraine have jobs, including 13% who worked in education and training, 12% in engineering, science and technology, 10% are specialists in economics and finance or Sales and Communication.
The results of the survey show a high level of employment among Ukrainian migrants. 70% of Ukrainian residents surveyed, who moved to live abroad since the beginning of the war, are now working. 54% work in the host country, another 12% work in Ukrainian companies and work remotely, and 4% work remotely for a foreign company.
The main reason for unemployment among the surveyed Ukrainian migrants is often lack of knowledge of the local language (43%).
For workplaces, 14% are technical workers and construction workers, 10% are engaged in cleaning or housekeeping, the same number work in engineering, science and technology, 8% each in education, sales and communications, and another 7 % each in the logistics and transportation industry, management and administration.
The survey was conducted from September 22 to October 5 using a self-filling questionnaire on a mobile application. The audience of the study (220 respondents) are men and women over 18 years of age, who moved abroad as a result of the war (and are still there), and lived in Ukraine before the war.
Let us remind you that in Europe the number of Ukrainians with temporary protection is growing. According to the latest Eurostat data, there are more than 4 million of them in EU countries.
Source: korrespondent
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