Ukraine: Forced Migration Information Hub

Information sources

Here, we list a select range of websites that provide up-to-date information on the Russian attack on Ukraine, links to a selection of key documents and analyses, and podcasts of academic events. The documents and links are limited to the topics of "forced migration," "integration," "legal situation," and "war." The information provided on the websites and the reports consists of primarily analytical and/or scholarly information, as well as some relevant primary sources. We deliberately focus on essential sources to provide a short and thus user-friendly list. 

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Willkommenskultur 2.0 Die Aufnahme von Ukraine-Flüchtlingen durch die EU: Vorbild für den Umgang mit Schutzsuchenden allgemein? (in German)
  • Petra Bendel

Contribution to the anthology “Wende in Europa. Ausblick auf eine neue Zeit. Berichte zur Lage der Nation” (Thomas Mirow, Publisher), pp 217-240

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
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Zeitenwende in der Flüchtlings- und Asylpolitik 2022? Handlungsempfehlungen für lernende Systeme (in German)
  • Rainer Ohliger

  • Integration
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All-Ukrainian population census' 2001

Ethnic composition of the Ukrainian population before the war (2001).

  • Forced migration
State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons

Report on the situation of 1.4 million internally displaced people before the war.

  • Forced migration
IOM
Protection Monitoring. In selected settlements along the contact line in eastern Ukraine

Latest report on the security situation and forced displacement along the front line in Donbas.

  • Forced migration
UNHCR
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

Report on asylum seekers and refugees in Ukraine before the crisis. Already naturalised groups, such as Afghans and Chechens who arrived in the 1990s, are not included. Neither are Russians and Belarusians who do not apply for asylum. In this respect, the report is incomplete.

  • Forced migration
UNHCR
Who will Stay and Who Will Return? Divergent Trajectories of Ukrainian War Refugees in the EU
  • Anastasiya Ryabchuk

January 17, 2023

  • Forced migration
Lefteast
Kurzstudie „Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine in Deutschland. Flucht, Ankunft und Leben“ (in German)

December 15, 2022

  • Integration
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5. MIDEM-Jahresstudie: Europa und die Fluchtmigration aus der Ukraine (in German)
  • Hans Vorländer

December 6, 2022

New MIDEM annual study reveals differences in attitudes toward migration across Europe.

  • Integration
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Reception and Integration of Refugees from Ukraine: The Voice of Social Service Providers
  • Abriel Schieffelers

November 28, 2022

Eurodiaconia released our report today on the reception and integration of refugees from Ukraine highlighting the perspective of non-profit social service providers. The report was released at an event hosted today at the Eurodiaconia office highlighting our members’ work to assist in the integration of refugees from Ukraine, the challenges the face, and lessons learned for broader migration policy.

  • Integration
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Forced displacement from and within Ukraine: Profiles, experiences, and aspirations of affected populations

October 28, 2022

  • Forced migration
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Vom restriktiven Asyl- zum kooperativen Aufnahmesystem (in German)
  • Dietrich Tränhardt

October 14, 2022

About the unbounded reception of Ukrainian refugees

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte
The Ukrainian Refugee Situation: Lessons for EU Asylum Policy
  • Bernd Parusel
  • Valeriia Varfolomieieva

September 16, 2022

This SIEPS European Policy Analysis seeks to explore and explain the main differences between the EU’s management of the Ukrainian refugee emergency and other major refugee arrivals in the recent past. It then considers the possible consequences of the Ukrainian refugee situation for the evolution of the CEAS and the Migration Pact.

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
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Zeitenwende in der Asyl- und Migrationspolitik? (in German)
  • Steffen Angenendt
  • David Kipp
  • Anne Koch

June 27, 2022

The EU accepts refugees from Ukraine without bureaucracy. Some speak of a two-class system, others hope for overdue reforms.


  • Legal situation & policy analysis
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The war in Ukraine: Post-war scenarios and migration repercussions
  • Franck Düvell

June 13, 2022

  • Forced migration
Webseite
Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine – Erste deskriptive Ergebnisse einer Onlinebefragung in Deutschland und Polen, Mai 2022 (in German)

May 18, 2022

  • Forced migration
GESIS
Preliminary findings from an online survey of Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Poland (shorter Version)
  • Steffen Pötzschke
  • Bernd Weiß
  • Anna Hebel
  • Joachim G. Piepenburg
  • Oleksandra Popek

May 12, 2022

  • Forced migration
Webseite
Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine - BMI-Pressegespräch, 4.4.2022 (in German)

April 4, 2022

Outcome of a first survey amongst displaced Ukrainian citizens in Germany.

  • Forced migration
Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat
Putin's Gulag-Based Empire Of Abduction, Deportation, & Modern Slavery
  • Brad Blitz
  • Alexandra Lewis

March 31, 2022

Single but important rare report about deportations form Ukraine to and camps in Russia.

  • Forced migration
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The 10-Point Plan. For stronger European coordination on welcoming people fleeing the war from Ukraine, 29.3.2022

March 29, 2022

Plan to reinforce the coordination and solidarity efforts among member states in order to welcome refugees under the best conditions.

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
EU Kommission
93% of Ukrainian refugees plan to return to their home town after the war – poll

March 26, 2022

Representative survey of Ukrainians in March 2022. The results show the extent of internal displacement as well as migration and return aspirations.

  • Forced migration
Rating Group (on Euromaidan Press)
Maintaining Mobility for Those Fleeing the War in Ukraine From Short-term Protection to Longer-term Perspectives
  • Steffen Angenendt
  • Nadine Biehler
  • Raphael Bossong
  • David Kipp
  • Anne Koch

March 24, 2022

  • Integration
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How large will the Ukrainian refugee flow be, and which EU countries will they seek refuge in?
  • Mikael Elinder
  • Oscar Erixson
  • Olle Hammar

March 23, 2022

The report is based on annuals surveys and shows decreasing migration aspirations since 2014, 2015.

  • Forced migration
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The Development Impact of the War in Ukraine: Initial projections

March 16, 2022

  • War
UNDP
Ukrainian Labour Migration to the EU. State of Play, Challenges and Solutions
  • Lesia Dubenko
  • Pavlo Kravchuk

March 15, 2022

  • Forced migration
Webseite
Neue Hinweise des BMI zur Gewährung vorübergehenden Schutzes für Vertriebene aus der Ukraine, 15.3.2022 (in German)

March 15, 2022

Instructions for the implementation of the EU Directive in Germany.

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
FederaL Ministry of the Interior and Community
IAB-Forschungsbericht. Die Folgen des Ukraine-Kriegs für Migration und Integration. Eine erste Einschätzung (in German)
  • Herbert Brücker
  • Laura Goßner
  • Andreas Hauptmann
  • Philipp Jaschke
  • Kamal Kassam
  • Yuliya Kosyakova
  • Ignat Stepanok

March 2, 2022

Reception and integration potential in Germany.

  • Integration
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Aktuelles zum Krieg gegen die Ukraine (in German)

The analyses are predominantly based on secondary sources and prepare them in a balanced way for the German reader.

  • War
Institut für Sicherheitspolitik (ISP), Universität Kiel
Conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas: A Visual Explainer

Relevant background information on the start of the war in 2014, its course and victims since.

  • War
International Crisis Group
Bellingcat - Ukraine (auf Englisch)

Ukraine, various reports such as Hospitals Bombed and Apartments Destroyed: Mapping Incidents of Civilian Harm in Ukraine, Civilian casualties, regular updates.

Bellingcat
Ukraine Operational information from the regions (in English and Ukrainian)

Daily reports on fighting, damages, victims and IDPs as well as the living conditions in times of war – a little less militarised than other websites.

  • War
Ukrainian Women’s Guard
State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Daily reports on war damages and victims.

  • War
State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Reports and single cases of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

  • War
Ukraine Crisis Media Centre
Crisis over Ukraine and European Security

Comments and analyses; use and analysis of numerous secondary sources.

  • War
Royal United Services Institute
Ukraine Conflict Update

Analysis of Russian and Ukrainian sources.

  • War
Institute for the Study of War
Portal Legal Advice for Ukrainian Displaced Persons (available in English, Ukrainian and Polish)

Legal advice on entry and reception conditions in Poland.

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
Association for Legal Intervention
Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001

EU Guideline on temporary protection.

  • Legal situation & policy analysis
EU Commission
EUAA Response to the War in Ukraine

Analyses, politics and information.

  • Forced migration
European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)
Ukraine, Operational Update

  • Forced migration
UNHCR
International Organization for Migration

Current surveys and reports.

Representative survey of Ukrainians in March 2022 . The outcome shows the degree of internal displacement. However, this conflicts with the actual registrations which are significantly lower.

  • Forced migration
International Organization for Migration
Situation Reports

Updates on an almost daily basis.
Humanitarian situation in Ukraine, internally displaced people (IDPs).

  • Forced migration
OCHA – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Operational Data Portal

Daily number of displaced people in other countries, country reports.

  • Forced migration
UNHCR
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Scope, Patterns and Future Development of Displacement. Short Analysis.
  • Franck Düvell
  • Iryna Lapshyna

March 17, 2022

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Ukrainian refugees need security. EU’s temporary protection can’t give it
  • Zeynep Şahin Mencütek

March 11, 2022

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Die russische Bedrohung der Ukraine: Was könnte das für Vertreibung und Flucht bedeuten?
  • Franck Düvell
  • Iryna Lapshyna

February 14, 2022

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