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Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

Phones are a lifeline in war-torn Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 Affordable calls allow those seeking shelter in the EU to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa. ✅ European Commission facilitated the twelve-month roaming extension for affordable calls between the EU and Ukraine. ✅ The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. The EU stands by the people of Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine #EUSolidarity

📱📞 Roaming for Ukraine continues! The European Commission welcomed the fifth prolongation for another year of the voluntary agreement for affordable calls to and from Ukraine. The agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian telecommunications operators will ensure that refugees from Ukraine can stay connected across borders. Free roaming for Ukraine allows those seeking shelter in Europe to reach family and friends in Ukraine, and vice versa, use Internet and access reliable information. This has been made possible by the signatories, who have committed to mutually lowering their rates to connect calls across borders. The Commission encourages all operators to join the agreement. Find out more information: https://europa.eu/!76yhmx   #StandWithUkraine #DigitalEU #Roaming #Ukraine #EU

During 2022, about 8 million Ukrainians were displaced from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. Whether these individuals will return holds great significance for Ukraine’s reconstruction and is pivotal in shaping integration strategies in host countries. Read our new working paper on the effect of the Russia’s war on Ukraine on Ukrainian Refugees’ return and integration. Our paper shows that most Ukrainian refugees still want to go home, even after settling in new countries in the past two years of war. We set some policy directions to make their return easier. We find that less than 10% of Ukrainian refugees express a desire to permanently settle abroad. While the duration of time spent abroad leads to a higher proportion of refugees being employed, it does not diminish their intentions to return. Conflict intensity in one’s home municipality decreases current return intentions, but it has only a small impact on plans to return once safety is restored. https://lnkd.in/djD3rqxp Cevat Giray Aksoy Joop Adema, Yvonne Giesing and Panu Poutvaara