A new study shows that, between 2022 and 2024, support for Ukraine and its war refugees decreased.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is already in the fourth consecutive year, 6.9 million Ukrainian refugees They crossed the borders to neighboring countries, including Poland, Hungary, Moldova and other countries in the world.
TO Poland It was the country who welcomed the largest number of Ukrainian refugees. Currently, it houses around one million, according to the UN Agency for refugees.
Although support for Ukraine and its displaced population remains significant, it has registered a decline in recent years.
In 2022, a Flash Eurobarometer investigation revealed that 88% Of the respondents throughout the EU, they expressed their support for those who fled from the war, with a particularly high help in the Nordic countries.
However, a year later, this support had Fell to 76%.
In 2024, the support fell even more to 71%, with Poland registering a level of help particularly low of 60%.
This decrease in the support of Poland indicates “A worrying tiredness of war in the country that has always been on the front line”According to Eurofound’s investigation.
The decrease in concern for war was accompanied by an increase in dissatisfaction with the help of the government to Ukraine and its population.
Questions claim more and more that their government did too much to provide accommodation and assistance to Ukrainian refugees, with an increase of 7.9 percentage points between 2022 and 2024.
The satisfaction with the government’s response to humanitarian aid has been more t -shirt, since opinion has changed too much or very little.
Respondents also not agreed on the level of military aid, dividing equally among those who believe that the Government did very little (32.3%), the correct amount (32.9%) and too much (34.8%).
Who eliminates more support?
When respondents are classified according to their economic safety, research reveals that the greatest change occurs among those who have difficulties to face expenses.
Almost one in five people who have experienced economic difficulties in the last two years withdrew the Your support for the Ukrainian accommodation For his government, while 22%, whose economic situation worsened, eliminated his Support for government military aid to Ukraine.
The experience of deprivation, the inability to meet basic economic and social needs, strongly influences the support of Ukrainian refugees.
Many of those who initially supported the help of their government to Ukraine and Ukrainians and then changed their opinion, also said they could not pay at least a basic need in 2024, such as clothes or furniture, Internet access or living with friends and family.
Video editor Mert can Yilmaz
