If the borders are opened, 70% of Ukrainians would not want to travel to another country.
This is according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the Razumkov Centre sociological service from 29 November to 14 December 2024.
If the border is opened to all categories of the population, 70% of respondents said they would not want to move to another country for permanent residence.
Under such conditions, 21% of respondents would like to leave. 9% of respondents were undecided.
The desire to move abroad for permanent residence in the event of border opening was most often reported by respondents aged 18 to 29 (33%).
The older the respondent's age group, the lower the share of respondents who would like to move abroad for permanent residence.
Among respondents aged 30 to 39, 27% would like to move abroad, among respondents aged 40 to 49 - 23%, 50 to 59 - 16%, and among respondents over 60 - 9%.
26.5% of respondents who lived in the eastern regions before the full-scale invasion agreed that they would like to move abroad for permanent residence if the border were open to all categories of the population. Among respondents who had lived in the western regions before the full-scale invasion, 23 per cent said they would like to move abroad for permanent residence. Among those who lived in the central regions, 19% would like to move abroad, and 12% in the southern regions.
For those respondents who would like to move abroad for permanent residence if the border were opened to all categories of the population, the main motivations for moving abroad are the lack of development opportunities (30.5%), threat to life as a result of hostilities (29%), insufficient social support from the state (29%), desire to reunite with relatives (26%), desire to take relatives who depend on the respondent (23%), and inability to find a job in accordance with the respondent's requirements (21%).