Ukraine holds great promise for those returning after war, says Mykolayiv governor
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Ukrainian citizens who have left the country due to Russia’s full-scale invasion are likely to return after the war ends as Ukraine holds a lot of promise, Mykolayiv regional governor Vitaliy Kim told Radio NV in an interview on Aug. 9.
“I think over 90%
(of Ukrainians) will come back at least once to see what has changed, what has
become better after the war,” Kim said.
“And when these
people come back and see that it makes sense to stay here, they will stay.”
At the same time,
many of those who left had never left their own region before, and “when they
moved there, the only thing that stops them (coming back) is the need to start
everything again, to do something, make changes, etc,” Kim said.
“That’s the
biggest challenge in bringing people back, I don’t mean to offend, but I mean
those who are inert in decision-making or quick decisions. These are mostly
older people. This is really a problem.”
In order for
people to return, it is also necessary for the authorities to support them, the
governor emphasized.
“As long as the
salary is higher and costs are lower somewhere else no one will return,” Kim
said.
“I believe that
Ukraine will be very promising. It’s a very promising country but will revive
better after the war than it was before.”
Based on the
experience of wartime migration in other countries, it is believed that a third
of those who leave eventually return after the conflict ends, Ella Libanova,
director of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies, said on
Dec. 21.
“But I don’t
believe in this either, and I think more will come back,” she said.
“This will mainly
depend on the amount of time that women will be abroad, because each new month
of their stay there deepens their adaptation – their knowledge of the local
language improves, their children go to schools and universities, and mothers
take on work.”
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