02286nas a2200205 4500008004100000022001400041245008300055210006900138300001200207490000600219520159200225653003101817653002801848653002501876653002201901653001201923100002101935700002101956856010301977 2020 eng d a2300-168200aInternational Migration from Ukraine: Will Trends Increase or Go into Reverse?0 aInternational Migration from Ukraine Will Trends Increase or Go  a125-1410 v93 a

Ukraine remains today one of the main migrant sending countries in Europe, with thousands of Ukrainians working in Czechia, Italy, Poland and Russia. In this regard, Ukraine shares the previous experience of Central European countries such as the Baltic States, Poland and Slovakia, that in the 1990s and early 2000s registered first temporary, and later permanent, outflows. In more recent years, however, many Central and Eastern European countries started to register increasing numbers of immigrants and some of them have switched from net sending to net receiving migration regimes. The objective of this article is to discuss the possibility of a similar turnaround in Ukraine; to this end, we investigate the main quantitative data on migration from and to Ukraine, and interpret this information in the light of selected theoretical approaches that have been used to explain migration in Central and Eastern Europe. The available data reveal high levels of labour emigration of both temporary and permanent character, the increasing propensity of migrants to settle down in the host countries, and the growing involvement of the youngest cohorts in the emigration. Despite this evidence we argue that the current situation by no means constitutes a premise for reversing the outflow from Ukraine. We conclude that the most recent improvements in general economic indicators will not lead to high levels of immigration without an active labour market policy towards foreigners.

 

10aCentral and Eastern Europe10ainternational migration10amigration transition10aquantitative data10aUkraine1 aVakhitova, Hanna1 aFihel, Agnieszka uhttps://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/international-migration-ukraine-will-trends-increase-or-go-reverse