Ukrainians were granted the most residence permits of any non-EU nationals in the EU last year. Approximately 662,000 Ukrainians received such permission in 2017 alone. Ukrainians are now integrating into Europe at an annual number roughly equal to the population of Montenegro, an official EU accession candidate and new NATO member.
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Andrej Novak, Andreas Umland: A counterintuitive way Ukraine can impress the EU and solve its own migration problem
Passengers line up at passport control at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport on the first day of visa-free travel to the Schengen Area on June 11, 2017.