Ukraine does not intend to forcibly return citizens or create artificial restrictions for Ukrainians abroad.
The Ministry of National Unity announced this on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"Ukraine does not intend to forcibly return its citizens or create artificial restrictions for Ukrainians abroad, in particular, regarding access to consular services or the cancellation of social assistance. Our main goal is to create conditions for the voluntary return of citizens, ensuring security, economic opportunities, access to housing and social services," the report says.
It is also noted that the Ministry of National Unity and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to work to preserve the national and cultural identity of Ukrainians abroad.
As Ukrainian News Agency reported, earlier the Spanish newspaper El País informed that Ukraine seeks to return up to 10 million refugees and migrants who left the country due to the war with russia.
The publication notes that to achieve this goal, the country's leadership is discussing with EU countries measures to put pressure on citizens to encourage them to return.
In particular, this is the cancellation of assistance for refugees and the ban on consular services for men of draft age.
In early December, the Cabinet of Ministers renamed the Ministry for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories into the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine.
According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the creation of this ministry will help to form a new quality of work and interaction with the multi-million Ukrainian community from all waves of migration, and will also contribute to the formation of a strategy on how to return Ukrainians to live and work in Ukraine.
On December 3, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Oleksii Chernyshov, Chairman of the Board of the Naftogaz of Ukraine National Joint-Stock Company, to the position of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Unity of Ukraine.
On November 19, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while presenting the Resilience Plan of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, announced the creation of the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine to strengthen policy towards Ukrainians abroad.
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