Slovakia — Surveys with Refugees from Ukraine: Needs, Intentions, and Integration Challenges (Jan-Mar 2023)
Mar 31 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.
Slovakia - Key findings:
- Top oblasts of origin: Kharkivska (22%), Dnipropetrovska (11%), Donetska oblast (11%) and Kyiv city (11%)
- Intention to move: 84% have no intentions to move, 5% want to move to a different country (Top 3 destinations were: Czechia, Germany, Canada), 4% would like to get back to their region of origin in Ukraine.
- Education level: 50% completed tertiary, 7% post secondary and 32% upper secondary education.
- Employment status: 30% employed and 34% unemployed respondents
- Immediate needs: Financial support (49%), health services (47%), medicines (36%), support with employment (24%)
- Inclusion challenges: Financial issues (43%), employment opportunities (26%), language barriers (26%), long term housing (20%)
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.