Who Are Forced Migrants from Ukraine, and How Do They Affect the Economies of EU Countries?

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), jointly with The Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), invites you to join the discussion Who Are Ukrainian Migrants, and How Do They Affect the Economies of EU Countries?

The event will take place on 22 February at 5 p.m. (Kyiv time) via Zoom.

Since russia launched the full-scale war against Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have been forced to leave the country. We have tried to understand who exactly has gone abroad, how Ukrainians are influencing the EU economy, and what will motivate them to return home.

During the discussion, CES economists will present the results of sociological surveys and in-depth interviews about what the Ukrainian migrants’ attitudes are and how they are changing. NBU experts will present an analysis of the impact of the Ukrainian migration wave on the economies of EU countries.

Analysts from wiiw will share their perspective on Ukrainian displaced persons, based on wiiw research on migration.

Agenda for the event:

5 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Opening remarks, Andriy Pyshnyy, NBU Governor

5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Presentation Ukrainian Migrants: Who Are They, Where Do They Come from, and How to Return Them? by Dariia Mykhailyshyna, CES adviser and a postgraduate student at the University of Bologna

5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Presentation How the Wave of Forced Migration from Ukraine Affected the Economy of EU Countries by Olha Bondarenko, Principal Economist at the NBU’s Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department

6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m. Discussion. Invited panelists:

• Ella Libanova, Director of the Institute of Demography and Social Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Sergiy Nikolaychuk, Deputy Governor at the National Bank of Ukraine
• Oleksii Sobolev, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization.
• Maryna Tverdostup, Economist at The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

Moderator: Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive director at CES

The event will be in Ukrainian with simultaneous translation into English.

The event and the research were prepared with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.