Tag: #Demography

"There will be no mass exodus like in 2022": Demography Institute expert explains why Ukrainians are not leaving the country despite the shelling

Politics 09/09/2026, 11:43

Oleksiy Pozniak, an expert at the Institute of Demography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, stated that current statistics do not record a mass exodus of Ukrainians abroad against the backdrop of the escalation of shelling. According to his data, the most mobile citizens left the country in 2022, while the summer increase in border crossings is explained by seasonal vacation.

“The Mass Wave of 2022 Will Not Repeat”: NAS of Ukraine Expert on New Factors of Emigration and the Exhausted Migration Peak

Politics 09/09/2026, 07:17

Oleksandr Poznyak, an expert at the NAS of Ukraine Institute of Demography, stated that the mass migration wave of 2022 has been exhausted and will not repeat, although local shelling and expectations of a harsh winter continue to shape individual decisions to leave.