UKRAINE
How many Ukrainian refugees have fled and to where?
July 7, 2023 - Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has sent millions of Ukrainians fleeing to countries across Europe.
In February, during the first week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a million civilians fled to neighbouring countries in Europe.
Now, some 500 days later, there are almost six million Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, living in Europe, many of who are thinking about settling for good in the countries that have taken them in – creating a challenge to rebuilding the Ukrainian post-war economy.
A poll of 500 Ukrainian businesses shows that a third of them already see staff shortages as a major challenge, and once wartime restrictions on men leaving the country are lifted, many of them may choose to join their families abroad, further depleting the population of young, qualified, enterprising and educated people.