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IOM Slovakia published its fourth rapid report based on 1,027 face-to-face interviews about displacement patterns, needs and intentions of Ukrainian refugees (99 %) and third-country nationals arriving to Slovakia.
IOM continues to conduct face-to-face surveys on displacement, needs and intentions with refugees from Ukraine and third-country nationals. Photo © International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2022.
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) team in Slovakia collected data at the two border crossing points, two registration centres and one hotspot between 9 March and 30 June 2022.
Top findings of the 4th report – Slovakia
Regions of origin and demographic profile
The top five regions of refugee's origin were Kharkiv (21 %), Kyiv (19 %), Donetsk (14 %), Dnipropetrovsk (10 %) and Odessa (5 %). Women and girls account for 85 per cent of all refugees in the sample. The report shows that the average age of women is 41, while it is 44 for men. The largest age cohort is the 40 to 49 years old.
Seventy-nine per cent of the respondents reported travelling in a group. Around 77 per cent of them have been travelling with at least one child, 15 per cent travelling with an elderly and 4 per cent travelling with a person with disability or a serious health condition.
Intended destination
Sixty-seven per cent of respondents indicated Slovakia as their intended destination which is an increase by 3 per cent compared to the previous report. One quarter of respondents indicated another country in Europe with Germany, Czechia, Poland and Italy as the top four destinations.
Intention to return
Same as in the previous report, 64 per cent of respondents indicated they would return to Ukraine once it was safe. Eighteen per cent did not know their long-term intentions and 14 percent expected to stay in Slovakia.
Of the respondents, 56 per cent do not know how long they plan to stay in Slovakia, 22 per cent plan to stay less than a month, 4 per cent between one and three months, while 18 per cent more than three months.
The most urgent needs of people fleeing war in Ukraine and arriving in Slovakia
When it comes to the most pressing needs at the time of interview, 70 per cent of respondents reported they needed support in communication with their close ones. The other top urgent needs were financial support (68 %), transportation within Slovakia (64 %), documentation and legal support (53 %), food (52 %), support with employment (48 %) and accommodation (46 %). For the respondents travelling with at least one child or elderly person, food, financial support, communication support, transportation and education support were in the top five urgent needs.
Type of support received in Slovakia
Types of support received by the respondents at the moment of the interviews match those from the previous report with transportation, food and communication support in the top three. Preferred form of support stayed cash (86 %), followed by in-kind assistance (14 %).
As for the most significant unmet needs, upwards of 95 per cent of respondents indicated that they had not received support with employment, psychological counselling along with support for returning home.
Read the report
Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)The DTM is a system to track and monitor displacement and population mobility. It is designed to regularly and systematically capture, process and disseminate data and information to provide a better understanding of the movements and evolving needs of displaced populations, whether on site or en route, both in country and at the global level. |
With support of:
The IOM’s DTM activities in the region were made possible with financial support from the Council of Europe Development Bank, France, German Federal Foreign Office, Government of Japan, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration..
Read more:
Website on Ukraine: IOM Response 2022.
