Romania — Surveys with Refugees from Ukraine: Needs, Intentions, and Integration Challenges (April - June 2023)
Jun 30 2023
- Survey
This report is based on a survey of displacement patterns, needs and intentions conducted by IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the 11 countries included in the Regional Response Plan for Ukraine in 2023: 6 countries neighbouring Ukraine – Belarus, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania and Slovakia – and other 5 countries particularly impacted by the arrivals of refugees from Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022 – Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Key findings
• High inclusion rate: 78% applied to EU temporary protection, 68% of the UA children are enrolled in a school, 50% registered to healthcare services.
• Employment status: unemployed and not looking for a job (35%), applied for a job (23%), employed (22%), retirement or student status (22%). • Intention to stay: already settled (44%), yes (37%), does not know (7%), transiting (8%) Ukrainian residence (3%).
• Top areas of assistance received*: food supplies (54%), accommodation (48%), sanitary supplies (47%) or financial support (47%).
• Top inclusion challenges*: housing (15%), financial issues (14%) language (13%), lack of information (12%).
• Main needs*: financial support (54%), general information (51%), health services (34%), long term accommodation (34%) and food supplies (28%).
*more than one answer possible
DTM Global Survey 2023
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Global Survey 2023 is an annual stocktaking exercise which aims to present IOM DTM's operations and activities transparently. The Global Survey focuses on operations active from January 1 to December 31, 2023, with data collection occurring from February to April 2024.