Overview
- A Ukrainian lawmaker said 80–90% of men aged 18–22 who left after the late‑August travel loosening are unlikely to return, warning of a loss of working and educational potential.
- The Daily Telegraph, citing Polish border data, reported roughly 100,000 men departed soon after the change, with 1,400–1,800 Ukrainians arriving in Germany each week.
- Ukraine’s deputy education minister said the outflow of lecturers and students poses a national‑security risk and could drain higher‑education human resources.
- Moscow police reported more than 12,000 migration‑law violations in the second phase of ‘Nelegal‑2025,’ with decisions to expel about 2,700 people and over 1,300 placed in temporary holding.
- Authorities in the Moscow region said courts issued over 4,300 administrative expulsion orders during their October sweep, part of 15,705 administrative offenses and 748 criminal cases tied to migration.