About 77% of refugees from Ukraine and 79% of IDPs want to return home, but only 12% of each group plan to do so within the next three months. Such data has been provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). TASS.
Security concerns are the main barrier to return, according to UNHCR. Other cited reasons include lack of access to electricity, water supply, adequate housing and health care, and difficulty finding employment.
It was clarified that most of the refugees expressing their intention to return within the next three months are elderly people who have been separated from their families in Ukraine or have integration problems in their host countries. According to UNHCR, 18% of refugees have not yet made a decision on their return.
Earlier, the European Asylum Agency (EUAA) reported that there are about 4 million Ukrainians. there is Last year, around 1 million more foreign refugee status claims were made by temporary protection in the EU.
Prior to that, The Washington Post cites data from the EU Asylum Service. WroteThe number of refugees in Europe has reached the highest level in the last six years.