Ukraine (1) Migration stocks and flows Emigrant Stocks Table 1: Number of emigrants in 2010 (thousands) Destination Emigrant stock CIS Russian Federation 3,647.2 Kazakhstan 272.0 Moldova 189.9 Belarus 141.3 EU Poland 333.0 Germany 202.5 Italy 172.6 Spain 88.3 Other United States 332.2 Israel 248.7 Other countries 897.6 Total 6,525.1 Note: Data is for foreign born population in the destination country. Foreign nationality data is used where this data is not available. Source: Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 Table 2: Stock of Ukrainian emigrants by destination and by educational attainment, 2000 (persons) Destination Low Medium High Total America 39,584 61,346 154,583 255,513 Europe (including EU15) 264,220 124,678 85,907 474,805 EU15 53,908 24,699 31,938 110,544 Asia and Oceania 5,023 2,728 5,729 13,480 Note: Low primary or 0 8 years of education; Medium secondary or 9 12 years of education; High tertiary or 13 years or more of education. This data is for migrants of age 25+ in most cases. Source: Docquier, Frédéric and Abdeslam Marfouk, International Migration by Educational Attainment Release 1.1. March 2005.
Table 3: Emigration of Physicians, stocks Year Number of physician emigrants Number of physicians in Ukraine Medical Brain Drain 1991 624 225,955 0.30% 1992 697 224,098 0.30% 1993 801 226,551 0.40% 1994 867 223,998 0.40% 1995 916 227,082 0.40% 1996 967 152,918 0.60% 1997 1,045 150,580 0.70% 1998 1,192 150,411 0.80% 1999 1,275 149,008 0.80% 2000 1,350 147,400 0.90% 2001 1,449 145,996 1.00% 2002 1,568 144,879 1.10% 2003 1,747 143,804 1.20% 2004 1,828 143,804 1.30% Source: Bhargava, Alok, Frédéric Docquier and Yasser Moullan. Revised panel data set on physician emigration (1991 2004). February 2010. Immigrant Stocks Table 4: Immigrant stock in 2010 (foreign nationals, thousands) Origin Immigrant stock CIS Russian Federation 3,684.2 Belarus 276.1 Kazakhstan 249.9 Uzbekistan 247.2 Moldova 168.4 Azerbaijan 92.5 Georgia 72.4 Armenia 53.2 Tajikistan 33.0 Kyrgyz Republic 30.1 Other countries 350.6 Total 5,257.5 Source: Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 based on 2001 Ukraine Census.
Migration flows Table 5: International migrant flows to and from Ukraine (thousands) Year Arrivals Departures 2004 44.2 30.0 2005 39.6 35.0 2006 44.2 30.0 2007 46.5 29.7 2008 37.3 22.4 2009 32.9 19.5 2010 30.8 14.7 2011 31.7 14.6 Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine (www.ukrstat.gov.ua). Refugee population Table 6: Refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons Country of asylum: Ukraine Country of origin: Ukraine Refugees 2,676 25,379 People in refugee like situations 500.. Total refugees and people in refugee like situations 3,176 25,379 Asylum seekers (pending cases) 3,622 1,015 Returned refugees.... IDPs protected/ assisted by UNHCR, incl. people in IDP like situations.... Returned IDPs.... Stateless persons 39,817.. Various.... Total population of concern 46,615 26,394 Source: UNHCR 2011 Global Trends (June 2012)
(2) Remittance flows and channels Remittance flows Table 7: Quarterly remittance flows (BPM5 Framework)* Inflows s' Outflows s' (US $, millions) 2009 Q1 393.0 762.0.. 1,155.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 5.0 2009 Q2 395.0 832.0 2.0 1,229.0.. 4.0 2.0 6.0 2009 Q3 416.0 877.0.. 1,293.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 6.0 2009 Q4 439.0 955.0 2.0 1,396.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 8.0 2010 Q1 315.0 860.0.. 1,175.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 5.0 2010 Q2 397.0 993.0.. 1,390.0 2.0 3.0.. 5.0 2010 Q3 417.0 1,064.0 1.0 1,482.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 7.0 2010 Q4 431.0 1,129.0.. 1,560.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 7.0 2011 Q1 403.0 1,033.0.. 1,436.0 3.0 4.0.. 7.0 2011 Q2 495.0 1,215.0.. 1,710.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 6.0 2011 Q3 500.0 1,276.0.. 1,776.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 9.0 2011 Q4 492.0 1,301.0 1.0 1,794.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 9.0 Source: IMF Balance of Payments Database * BPM5: The fifth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual was published in 1993 and serves as the standard framework for statistics on the transactions and positions between an economy and the rest of the world. Table 8: Annual remittance flows (BPM5 Framework)* (US $, millions) Inflows Outflows s' s' 2001 84.0 56.0 1.0 141.0 5.0 5.0 2002 133.0 74.0 2.0 209.0 4.0 11.0 15.0 2003 185.0 145.0 330.0 4.0 25.0 29.0 2004 193.0 218.0 411.0 6.0 14.0 20.0 2005 236.0 359.0 595.0 2.0 10.0 22.0 34.0 2006 289.0 540.0 829.0 2.0 9.0 19.0 30.0 2007 2292.0 2210.0 1.0 4503.0 7.0 11.0 24.0 42.0 2008 2140.0 3629.0 5769.0 13.0 18.0 23.0 54.0 2009 1643.0 3426.0 4.0 5073.0 4.0 15.0 6.0 25.0 2010 1560.0 4046.0 1.0 5607.0 9.0 12.0 3.0 24.0 2011 1890.0 4825.0 1.0 6716.0 11.0 17.0 3.0 31.0 Source: IMF Balance of Payments Database
* BPM5: The fifth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual was published in 1993 and serves as the standard framework for statistics on the transactions and positions between an economy and the rest of the world. Table 9: Annual remittance flows (BPM6 Framework)* Inflows Outflows n.a. n.a. Personal n.a. n.a. o.w. Workers n.a. n.a. Personal n.a. n.a. Total n.a. n.a. Total and n.a. n.a. Note: This section is currently blank but will be filled when BPM6 is implemented in Ukraine * BPM6: The sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual was published in 2007 and is currently being implemented by countries around the world. Channels of flows providers Information flows through commercial banks, post offices, savings cooperatives, microfinance institutions, mobile money is currently unavailable. Remittance costs Table 10: Cost of sending to Ukraine From Russia (percent) From Czech Rep. (percent) $200 $500 $200 $500 2008 2.51 2.49 2008.... Q1 2009 2.26 2.26 Q1 2009.... Q3 2009 2.41 2.17 Q3 2009.... Q1 2010 2.55 2.32 Q1 2010 8.82 5.03 Q3 2010 2.48 2.25 Q3 2010 12.82 7.93 Q1 2011 2.34 2.08 Q1 2011 12.21 7.16 Q3 2011 1.95 1.85 Q3 2011 11.18 6.73 Q1 2012 2.05 1.95 Q1 2012 12.21 7.55 Source: World Bank Remittance Price Database http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org
(3) Regulations pertaining to migration and Table 11: Regulations pertaining to migration Immigration topic Regulation Institutions responsible for immigration Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (www.mvs.gov.ua), State Migration Service of Ukraine (www.dmsu.gov.ua), Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (www.cmu.gov.ua) Immigration regulations and laws Yes Immigration quotas by nationality of origin Not available Types of visas available for immigrants Depends on terms of visits ( B transit for up to 5 days, C less than 90 days, break between visits 180 days, D more than 90 days Types of occupations in which immigrants Not available are allowed Emigration topic Institutions responsible for emigration Restrictions on emigration Cost of passports and visas Dual citizenship Regulation Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, State Migration Service of Ukraine (Ministry of Labor and Social Policy is responsible for labor migration only)) Not available Defined by law No Table 12: Regulations pertaining to Remittances topic Regulation Institutions responsible for monitoring and National Bank of Ukraine (www.bank.gov.ua) regulating Types of private sector firms allowed to Commercial banks, Money Transfer Operators (MTO) perform inward and outward remittance such as Western Union, UNISTREAM, MoneyGram, transactions IntelExpress etc. Reporting requirement for data by commercial banks and other types of remittance service providers Restrictions on inward/outward Anti money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML CFT) requirements Yes. Commercial banks and MTO report on amount, personal data of sender, country and name of receiver Yes Yes, in accordance with FATF recommendations/requirements