Emigration from Ukraine

and Czech Republic

2. Migration between Ukraine and CIS
and Baltic states in 1990-2005, th.
600000
Inflow
500000
Outflow
400000

300000

200000

100000

0
3. Net migration between Ukraine and
CIS and Baltic states in 1990-2005, th.
200000
Russia
Belorussia
150000 M oldova
Baltic states
T ranscaucasia
100000
Central Asia

50000

0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

-50000

-100000

-150000
4. Net migration in 1991-2005, th.
350000
300000 CIS and Baltic
250000 states
200000 Other states
150000
100000
50000
0
-50000
-100000
-150000
5. Emigration from Ukraine to the countries, which
were not the part of the USSR, in 1990-2005, th.
120000
Other
Germany
100000
USA
80000
Israel

60000

40000

20000

0
6. Ethnic structure of emigrants going to the
countries, which were not the part of the USSR, in
1990-2005, %
100%
Other
80%
Russians
60%
40% Ukrainians

20% Jews
0%
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
7. Ethnic structure of emigrants to
Czech Republic in 2000-2005
600 Ukrainians
Czechs
500 Other

400

300

200

100

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
8. International labor migration
according the statistics of official
mediators, th.
60
Emigrants
56,4

Immigrants
50

40
33,7

30
24,4

20

11,8
10

0
1996 1998 2000 2005
9. The estimates of the volume of Ukrainian
labor migration abroad from different sources
 Survey of the State Committee of Statistics of
Ukraine (2001) – at least 1.2 M
 Estimates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Ukraine – over 2 M
 Estimates based on the national sociological
monitoring of the Institute of Sociology of the NASU
– 2.3 M
 Estimates of the Ministry of Labor of Ukraine – 2.5 M
 Estimates of the Institute of Demography and Social
Research of the NASU - 2.7 M
 Estimates of the Ukrainian politicians – 5-9 M
10. Last trip of migrants by main
occupation in destination, %
100%
15,1 Other
80%
Petty trade
60% Employment
77,1
40% 83,5
20%

0%
10,3
1994 2002
11. Last trip of migrants by length,%

100%
1 month+
90% 16,3
1-4 weeks
80%
1-7 days
70%
32,6 64,1
60%
50%
40%
30%
51,1 25,6
20%
10%
10,3
0%
1994 2002
12. The educational level of migrants, %

Post-secondary
100%
Secondary
90% 25,6 Primary
80%
51,8
70%
60%
50%
40% 71,8
30%
47,5
20%
10%
0%
1994 2002
13. The main occupation of migrants at
home, %
Other
100% Selfemployed
8,3 Unemployed
80% 12,6 8 Non-active
Employed
60%
39,2
40%
70,6
20% 34,9

0%
1994 2002
14. Destinations of Ukrainian labor migrants
according to estimates of Ukrainian embassies
abroad, th.
Hungary 30

Turkey 35

Slovac Republic 60

Spaine 100

Portugal 150

Italy 200

Chech Republic 200

Poland 300

Russia 1000

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

15. Destinations of Ukrainian labor
migrants according to survey data, %
Slovac Republic 2

Hungary 2,5

Portugal 3,8

Italy 8,5

Czech Republic 16,9

Poland 18,7

Russia 37,2

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
16. Destinations of different groups of Ukrainian
labor migrants according to survey data, %
Others
100%
8,6 Portugal
90% 17,9 20,7 Poland
80% Italy
25,9 CzechRepublic
70% 12,5
30,4 Rus s ia
60%

50% 17,1

40% 16,7

30%
48,6
20% 42,4
32,3
10%

0%
long-term s hort-term "s huttles '
m igrants m igrants
17. Shares of respondents who worked
abroad for over three months

 Czech Republic – 59.7%

 Russia – 27.7%
 Poland – 10.7%
18. Employment Structure of Ukrainian
Labor Migrants in Czech Republic, %
Services
100%
6,2 Hotels and restrance
90% Trade
Construction
80%
Industry
70% 45,9 Agriculture

60%
88,2
50%
5
40%

30%
31,5
20%

10% 4,8
11,4
7
0%
female male
19. Employment abroad with the help of
Ukrainian official mediators
Other
60000
Russia
Greece
50000
21683 Great Britain
40000 Czech Republic
Cyprus
30000
11697
9676
20000
299
7839
10000
15377
4369
2841
0
1999 2005
20. Share of respondents who emigrated
with the assistance of the employer
 Czech Republic – 16%
 Russia – 5.1%
 Poland – 1.5%
21. Respondents’ Assessment of Their
Work in Czech Republic
 Wages were unfair – 50%
 Lacked security – 63,9%
 Lacked legal support in protecting their rights
– 77%
 lacked protection from robbery and blackmail
– 85%
22. Providing of households with some
household equipment and cars
Per 100 migrants’ Per 100 households
households in general

Cars 36 12

Computers 24 2

Microwaves 25 2

Videotape recorder 55 13
23. Main pillars of migration policy of
Ukraine according the President’s
Decree of 1977
 Support for repatriations of ethnic Ukrainians;
 Return of deported people;
 Help to refugees and asylum-seekers;
 Regulation of immigration of foreigners and
stateless persons to Ukraine.
24. The main directions of the migration
policy of Ukraine added in 2000

 1) protection of social and economic interests

and rights of the Ukrainian labor migrants;
 2) preservation of labor and intellectual
potential of the state;
 3) elaboration of legal, social and economic
principles of regulation of external labor
migration of the citizens of Ukraine
25. The main gaps of Ukrainian labor
migration policy
 Absence of conceptual documents on national migration policy;
 Declarative nature of the documents and absence of effective
mechanisms of implementation the policy;
 Priorities of activity, specified by documents, are mainly in the
area of law and did not cover social and economic aspects of
labor migration;
 The little coordination between different governmental agencies
in the field;
 Lack of the effective system of collecting, processing and
analyzing statistical and other information on migration;
 Legal protection of Ukrainians abroad is still defined narrowly in
the sense that it is provided by diplomatic officials.