Settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: Adhering to social status back home or restarting again abroad?
Journal: Demographic Research
Year: 2026

BACKGROUNDThe choice between permanent settlement and temporary migration has garnered increased attention in international migration studies, yet the decisions of refugees remain underexplored. OBJECTIVEBuilding on the existing literature on return migration among voluntary migrants, this paper investigates the importance of socio-psychological and economic-skills contexts in refugees' home and host countries for their settlement intentions. METHODSWe use the register-based probability sample o