Refugees from Ukraine do not want to return home

Only 5% of Ukrainian refugees plan to return to Ukraine in the near future.

This was announced by the executive director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Natalya Kharchenko during the presentation of the study “Preconditions for returning to Ukraine to participate in the recovery of Ukrainian women who have found temporary refuge abroad.”

Among the reasons women most often give for staying abroad are:

• – danger to life due to military operations – 44%;
• – the opportunity to receive significant assistance for temporary migrants from Ukraine – 36.5%;
• – overall higher standard of living abroad than in Ukraine – 36.5%;
• – possible lack of electricity and heating in winter – 35%;
• – better life prospects – 32%;
• – disappointment in the Ukrainian authorities – 31%;
• – destruction in the area where they lived at the beginning of the military conflict – 28%;
• – reluctance to mobilize a woman or her family members – 19%;
• – desire to be with family who are abroad – 19%;
• – personal relationships with a man abroad – 18%.

The same survey showed that the income of 73% of Ukrainian women abroad has not decreased over the past year, and 31% of them said that they have increased. For 42% of respondents, incomes have not changed, and for 23%, incomes have decreased. At the same time, the majority of respondents assess social conditions and opportunities in the host country much better than in Ukraine.

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