Return of Ukrainians from abroad: a pilot project announced for early next year

The newly created Ministry of National Unity is working on a program to return Ukrainians home, and the first pilot project will start early next year with Germany, and will be aimed at attracting personnel to the defense industry, said Advisor to the President of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshyn at the 7th German-Ukrainian Business Forum in Berlin, UNN reports.

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"You have heard that we recently announced that there will be a new ministry responsible for the unity of Ukrainians and the return of Ukrainians home. And Chernyshov, the Prime Minister, the Minister (head of the Ministry of Unity - ed.) was here today. I would like to inform you that together with him we are working on a program to return Ukrainians to the defense industry of Ukraine. So there will be a pilot project for Ukraine and Germany under the leadership of the new ministry. And it will start with Germany. And it will start early next year. That's how the new minister will start the return of Ukrainians, including in the defense industry," said Kamyshin.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, in an interview with German television stations RTL and ntv on Wednesday, expressed hope that all Ukrainians who have become refugees in Germany will return home quickly. His government is "absolutely interested in the return to our country of all Ukrainians who fled in the first days of the war or after it," Shmyhal said. He reportedly spoke about this with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his visit to Berlin.

"All Ukrainian refugees are welcome in Ukraine, during or after this war, we are waiting for these people," Shmyhal said. Kyiv, according to Die Welt, has also already discussed the technical details of the return with the German federal government: "We agreed with the German side and our new minister of national unity to work together and find solutions on how we can return all Ukrainians as soon as possible," Shmyhal said.

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