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. 

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

October 28, 2022

  • Forced migration
Details
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
Details
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)
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
Details
Ukrainian Labour Migration to the EU. State of Play, Challenges and Solutions
  • Lesia Dubenko
  • Pavlo Kravchuk

March 15, 2022

  • Forced migration
Webseite
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
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