The Study: The Migration Policy of Ukraine Concerning Foreigners in the Context of Post-War Reconstruction

November 21, 2023

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most alarming migration crisis in Ukraine's history, resulting in the most enormous influx of war refugees to Europe since World War II, as well as significant human losses.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of October 2023, almost 5.8 million Ukrainians in Europe left the country after February 24, 2022. The vast majority are people of working age with higher education.

According to an Info Sapiens survey commissioned by the Center for Economic Strategy, 16% of people who left Ukraine have not yet decided whether they will return, 8% are rather not planning to return, and 2% are not planning to return.

The State Migration Policy of Ukraine strategy for the period up to 2025 points to a lack of repatriation programs for Ukrainians abroad, a policy of integration of foreign migrants into society, limited employment opportunities for foreigners educated in Ukraine, and problems with irregular migration.

Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine indicates that 300,000 migrants are needed to keep the population at 30 million. Migrants can positively impact economic growth, primarily by reloading the labour force, creating new jobs, and integrating new experiences and technological progress. 

R2P has conducted a study, "The Migration Policy of Ukraine Concerning Foreigners in the Context of Post-War Reconstruction". The subject of this study is the condition of Ukraine's state migration policy for the purpose of attracting migrants to post-war reconstruction.  

One of the critical aspects of the research is to forecast the possibility of migrants arriving in Ukraine after the war’s end and the factors that should be considered for further study of labour migration opportunities.

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Study "The Migration Policy of Ukraine Concerning Foreigners in the Context of Post-War Reconstruction"