The share of Ukrainians who, fleeing the war, went abroad and would like to stay in their new place of residence increased from 8 to 18% during the year. These are results research by Gradus Research.
Among those willing to return, more than a third plan to do so by the end of 2024 (39%), while the other third of respondents (36%) have difficulty deciding.
The level of adaptation of Ukrainians who went abroad reached 62%. Poland (29%), Lithuania (16%) and Germany (10%) remain in the top countries to which Ukrainians migrated, although this does not correspond to Eurostat data (23,1%, 1,7% and 28,3%, respectively ).
The founder and director of the research company Yevgenia Bliznyuk noted that 83% of refugees in Ukraine had a job, in particular 13% worked in the field of education and training, 12% in engineering, science and technology, 10% were specialists in the field of economics and finance or in sales and communications.
The results of the survey demonstrate a high level of employment among Ukrainian migrants. 70% of surveyed residents of Ukraine who moved to live abroad since the beginning of the war currently have a job. 54% work in the host country, another 12% are employed in Ukrainian companies and work remotely, and 4% work remotely for a foreign company.
Lack of knowledge of the local language is most often the key reason for unemployment among surveyed Ukrainian migrants (43%).
In terms of employment, 14% are technical workers and construction workers, 10% work in cleaning or housekeeping, the same number work in engineering, science and technology, 8% in education, sales and communication, and another 7% in logistics and transport industry, management and administration. The survey was conducted from September 22 to October 5 using the method of self-filling the questionnaire in the mobile application. The audience of the study (220 respondents) is men and women over the age of 18 who went abroad because of the war (and are still there), and lived in Ukraine before the war.
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