According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of February 21, 2023, more than 8 million refugees from Ukraine were registered in Europe. Human. Such data is provided by the website of the European Central Bank.

About 40% of Ukrainian refugees as of February 2023 were either employed or employed.

At the same time, among able-bodied refugees aged 18 to 64, 26.7% were men.. Women - 73.3%.

In general, the demographic composition of refugees was as follows:.

33% of refugees are children;

60.4% - persons aged 18 to 64;

6.6% - people over 65 years old.

Over 4.8 million. Ukrainian refugees registered under temporary protection schemes in Europe, including more than 2.1 million. in eurozone countries.

Geographical proximity to Ukraine was the main factor stimulating refugee flows. At the same time, the share of Ukrainians in the local population was the highest in the Baltic region:.

in Estonia - 3.23.2%;

in Lithuania - 2.72.7%;

in Latvia - 2.4%.

If we consider the example of Estonia, then about 55% of Ukrainian refugees of working age with temporary protection are already employed there. In Lithuania, this share is about 50%.

Ukrainians work mainly in manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail trade, hospitality and catering, as well as in administrative services.

For comparison, in Ireland the share of Ukrainian refugees in the population was 1.3%, but in January 2023 only about 20.7% of people of working age were working. For them, the problem in finding employment is the lack of knowledge of the English language..

In general, Ukrainians increased the Eurozone workforce by 0.5% in 2022.

The smallest part of the refugees was in the southern countries of Europe.

More than 1.5 million registered in Poland. refugees, making it the largest recipient country of Ukrainian refugees in Europe. About 0.5 million refugees registered in the Czech Republic. In both countries, the proportion of Ukrainian refugees to the population is more than 4%.