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Ukraine Youth Exodus Fuels Alarm as Russia’s ‘Nelegal‑2025’ Raids Report Mass Expulsions

New border and police figures prompt warnings about threats to universities, military staffing, workforce.

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.