Multicultural Insights is continuing its collaboration with the International Organization for Migration studying the internal displacement in Ukraine.

MI conducted the sixteenth round of a rapid representative assessment of the general population in Ukraine.

Here are some of the findings:

📍IOM estimates that 3,548,000 de facto IDPs and 4,734,000 returnees reside in Ukraine. The main IDP hosting oblasts are Dnipropetrovska (14%) and Kharkivska (12%) Oblasts. The highest proportion are from Donetska Oblast (22%). 

📍 The largest flow of intra-oblast displacement was identified in Zaporizka (91%) and Kharkivska (85%) Oblasts. Eleven per cent of the IDP households are single-parent households (only one member aged 18+ and all others are 0-17 years old) as of April 2024. 

📍 The majority (57%) of de facto IDPs expressed the intention to remain in their current location for the foreseeable future, while 3 per cent were considering moving elsewhere. Among those considering return (31%), the majority reported they would do so “after the war is over” (60%). 

📍 Ten per cent of IDPs have spent at least 14 days abroad since February 2022, due to the full-scale invasion. 

📍 Five per cent of these IDPs had been displaced abroad one to two times in 2023. An estimated 82 per cent of IDPs have been in displacement for more than one year, with the average length in displacement at 591 days for all IDPs. 

📍 The most commonly cited need by IDPs was food (39%), clothes and other NFIs (25%), and hiygiene items (21%).

Please read the full International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ukraine Displacement Report, April 2024.