Migration

Here is an interesting article covering the gamut of migration issues in Ukraine, of which there are many. Although certainly there is a troubling outflow of Ukrainians from the country (legally and through a booming traffic in prostitution and sex slaves), this is offset by a considerable amount of immigration to this state, sandwiched between two of the greatest economic powers in the world--the E.U. and Russia. Much of this immigration goes unrecorded. Migrants from Africa and Asia pay (often exorbitant) fees to be sneaked into the no-borders European Union, but sometimes they're dropped off in Ukraine and left to decide on their own whether and how they want to get into one of the adjacent Schengen countries.

Bias against immigrants is also evident on the street. There were over 35 racially-motivated attacks reported in first five months of 2007 alone, and this number is continuing to grow. The actual number of incidents is probably far higher--many are simply too afraid to report the violence due to the purportedly unsympathetic reaction of the police force.