The vast majority of refugees from Ukraine plan to return to the country. This is 1 of the proposals included in the latest publication of the Ukrainian Institute of economical Centre for Strategy. A full of 74% of Ukrainians definitely or alternatively plan to return.
Only 10% of those who do not anticipate return and up to 16% of the undecided. However, researchers point out that their question was interpreted in 2 ways (as they discovered at the phase of further qualitative studies): any considered it as a question of re-inhabiting permanently in Ukraine and others as a full question of any return (e.g. temporary summertime trip).
Refugees aged 65+ are most likely to return to the country. 74% of refugees from this section are determined to do so, and another 22% are planning to do so. The second most likely returnable age group are the youngest respondents, aged 18-24. There is simply a full of 56% definitely and 19% alternatively planning to return to the country. The least likely to return are those aged 35-49 (46 percent definitely planning to return, 26% alternatively planning to return). At the same time, it is the largest group of refugees from Ukraine.
Answers to the question of the propensity to return among resident refugees Poland is almost the same as in the full group. The most of the surveyed people arrived in our country – 38%. Among refugees in Poland 50% are definitely inclined to return to Ukraine, almost 25% alternatively inclined, 16% undecided, and a full of nearly 10% would alternatively or definitely not be inclined to return. For another countries, these interest rates are similar, but for Germany, where there are less refugees who powerfully express their desire to return - 41%.
What are the most crucial factors in the decision to return to the country? Of course, safety is the priority. More than half of refugees want to return to Ukraine immediately after the end of the war, and 34% would be willing to return with the suspension of fighting and raids. On the another hand, for 19% of respondents, adequate incentives to return would be to halt fighting in their region of residence (in Ukraine). For nearly half of refugees, economical factors are besides crucial erstwhile deciding to return: the possible of decently paid work in Ukraine or higher standard of surviving in the country than in their current place of residence. It is besides worth noting that the decision to return determines surviving conditions
abroad, especially housing – for example, for 11%, the availability of affordable housing in the country of residence would be an crucial factor.
Ukrainian refugees are besides willing to decision to a different country than the 1 presently inhabited, in case Ukraine is inactive dangerous, but their current country of residence does not suit them. A full of 45% of respondents who do not have specified preferences are inclined to decision again. There are clear differences in age groups: by far the least likely to decision again are people aged 65+, and the largest possible mobility is characterised by the youngest group surveyed (18-24 years), in which more than 56% of people would be inclined to change their country of residence.
nationalists.net/Polish economical Institute
