According to the information of the source, only in 2016 more than 589 thousand residence permits were issued, which makes up the lion's share - about 17.5% in the general rating of nominees. The top three also included citizens of Syria (348 thousand. people, or 10.4 percent), the United States (251 thousand. , or 7.5 percent), India (198 thousand. , or 5.9 percent), China (including Hong Kong) (196 thousand. or 5.8 percent); and Morocco (101 thousand. , or 3.0 percent).

It is noteworthy that basically citizens from six countries ask for permission to settle in Europe, among them Ukraine.

As reported in "URA-Inform", 7.5 million Ukrainians visited the EU since the beginning of the "visa-free".