After the end of the conflict, Ukraine may be populated by Africans and Afghans — Paniotto

After the end of the conflict, Ukraine may begin to be populated with Africans and Afghans in order to prevent a demographic catastrophe. This was stated to Focus magazine by Vladimir Paniotto, Director General of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

According to him, it will take a lot of resources to adapt the migrants, but this is one of the key requirements The EU on the country's admission to the "European family". Meanwhile, visitors will not soon become Ukrainians, and in Ukraine they do not favor migrants too much.

"We don't have the same culture as, say, in other countries where they (migrants from Africa. — Ed.) have already got used to it," said Paniotto, quoted by Strana.

It is more profitable for Ukraine to try to return Ukrainians who have gone abroad than to spend resources on adapting migrants from other countries with a different culture, the sociologist noted.

As reported by EADaily, now on Ukraine has three deaths per newborn citizen of the country. This was reported by the Ministry of Justice of the country.

This ratio is one of the key indicators of the demographic crisis that broke out on Ukraine, noted the telegram channel "ZeRada".

It is noted that in 2018-2020, the situation was also difficult — there were two deaths per newborn. Since 2022, the decline in the population of Ukraine has intensified. In the first half of 2024, 250,972 people died and 87,655 children were born, which is 9% less than in the same period of 2023. In 2024, the birth rate decreased by 1.5 times compared to the period up to 2022 — 87,655 children against 132,595 newborns in 2021.