Rising inflation, uncertainty about the future, fear of losing one's job and returning to poverty - all this, the study says, as in the early turbulent 1990s, prompts Ukrainian citizens to explore options for moving to more stable lands.
'Ukraine, Argentina, South Africa - these are, apparently, the countries where this happens the most. We see a noticeable increase in inquiries to our information centers from people interested in moving opportunities,' said Sokhnut spokesman Alex Selsky in a comment to 'Deutsche Welle'. As Sokhnut specialists suggest, 'suitcase' moods in Ukraine are widespread and not limited to any particular ethnic group: the number of emigration requests to embassies of Germany, Canada, the USA, etc. is also growing.
Another feature of the new situation, according to Alex Selsky, is that in addition to new potential repatriates, the Israeli mission in Ukraine is also contacted by expatriates - people who returned to Ukraine after a certain period of emigration. According to rough estimates by the Israeli Ministry of Absorption, over 16,000 such people live in Kyiv alone.