Ukrainian refugees would rather change their country of residence than return to Ukraine,
The expert named several key factors that affect the prospects for the return of refugees.
Ukrainian refugees will return to Ukraine if it becomes safe here and there are prospects for a normal life. Otherwise, people will remain abroad, perhaps moving to some other country in search of better conditions. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Suspilna by the rector of the Kyiv School of Economics University, sociologist Timofey Brik.
According to him, surveys show only 30-40% of refugees are willing to return to Ukraine, although at the beginning of a full-scale war there were 70-80% of them.
“This is influenced by several factors – security, the ability to find a job, as well as a sense of national identity, which strengthens the first two. If this…
