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Refugees from Ukraine in Germany (IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey)
Since the beginning of the attack by Russia, many Ukrainians have left their home country and have sought protection in other countries. With the research project “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany (IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey)”, BiB, together with three partner organisations, is launching the first comprehensive, representative social science follow-up survey of this group to date. Initial results for the first wave were published in December 2022, the second survey wave started in mid-January 2023.
Content and Objectives
In addition to geographical proximity, evacuation from Ukraine to EU states is facilitated by visa-free entry and temporary admission without asylum procedures. At the moment, mainly women, children and older people come from Ukraine to Germany. Many of them can contact relatives and friends of the same origin who are already living in Germany. Due to these special conditions, scientific findings from analyses of earlier refugee movements can only be partially transferred to the current situation.
This study closes a research gap: For the first time, it generates a robust scientific database on the flight and integration of refugees from Ukraine – and thus a pioneering basis for political decision-making processes and related research.
Aims of the study:
- Insights into early integration processes and the associated key needs of Ukrainian refugees
- Insights into the effects of flight on those seeking protection, particularly with focus on women and separated families
- Documentation of a possible return or onward migration
The four cooperation partners jointly presented the initial results of the study at a federal press conference on December 15, 2022, and subsequently published them in the form of a short study. Detailed results are to be published in February 2023 as part of a research report. The second survey wave started in mid-January 2023.
Data and Methods
For the panel survey, a random sample was drawn from the residents' registration offices on the basis of an extract from the Central Register of Foreigners.
In the first phase of the project, two survey waves with approximately 6,000 refugees of Ukrainian nationality aged between 18 and 70 years are scheduled (August 2022 and January 2023). Both surveys will be conducted by the Institute for Applied Social Science (infas).
Duration
2022 – 2024 (1st Project Phase)
Team
Partners
- Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ)
- Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA)
- Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)