Study: who Ukrainian children went abroad with after 24 February

AIR FORCE

Almost one in ten children fled the war in Ukraine abroad with people other than their parents.

This was stated in a survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

Having conducted the survey, the European agency cited the following figures: the majority of children left Ukraine only with their mother (76 %). Only every seventh child (14 %) left the war with both parents. Almost every tenth child (9 %) left not with their parents, but with other people.

This survey was conducted online between 22 August 2022 and 29 September 2022.

The survey was conducted in 10 EU countries: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain and Estonia.

A total of 14 685 respondents took part in the survey.