Immigration into Ukraine (postindependence (1991)) has been mainly ethnic Ukrainians already living in nearby countries (for example in 1993 they were 90% of all immigrants); other immigrants were mostly Crimean Tatars and people fleeing wars in Azerbaijan, Transnistria and Chechnya (a region in Russia).[1] In January 2017 there were 3,302 foreigners with refugee status in Ukraine.[2] Most refugees came from Afghanistan, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Somalia.[2]
After the start of the War in Donbass in 2014 several hundreds foreigners (mostly Russians and Belarusians) migrated to Ukraine to join its territorial defence battalions and army.[3]
Countries of Origin
| Rank
|
Country of Birth
|
Population (2001)[4]
|
% of Ukraine's population
|
|
Total |
5,156,240 |
10.7
|
| 1 |
 Russia |
3,613,240 |
7.5
|
| 2 |
 Belarus |
270,751 |
0.6
|
| 3 |
 Kazakhstan |
245,072 |
0.5
|
| 4 |
 Uzbekistan |
242,390 |
0.5
|
| 5 |
 Moldova |
165,126 |
0.3
|
| 6 |
 Poland |
145,106 |
0.3
|
| 7 |
 Azerbaijan |
90,753 |
0.2
|
| 8 |
 Georgia |
71,015 |
0.1
|
| 9 |
 Germany |
64,015 |
0.1
|
| 10 |
 Armenia |
52,168 |
0.1
|
| 11 |
 Tajikistan |
32,386 |
0.1
|
| 12 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
29,476 |
0.1
|
| 13 |
 Turkmenistan |
24,926 |
0.1
|
| 14 |
 Latvia |
19,095 |
0.0
|
| 15 |
 Lithuania |
16,012 |
0.0
|
| 16 |
 Hungary |
11,235 |
0.0
|
| 17 |
 Estonia |
10,964 |
0.0
|
| 18 |
 Czech Republic |
7,473 |
0.0
|
| 19 |
 China |
5,015 |
0.0
|
| 20 |
 Mongolia |
4,413 |
0.0
|
| 21 |
 Romania |
3,876 |
0.0
|
| 22 |
 Vietnam |
3,399 |
0.0
|
| 23 |
 Slovakia |
2,148 |
0.0
|
| 24 |
 Bulgaria |
2,062 |
0.0
|
| 25 |
 Austria |
1,726 |
0.0
|
| 26 |
 France |
1,433 |
0.0
|
| 27 |
 Syria |
1,352 |
0.0
|
| 28 |
 India |
1,232 |
0.0
|
| 29 |
 Afghanistan |
1,111 |
0.0
|
| 30 |
 United States |
1,040 |
0.0
|
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