Ukrainians in Ireland say they moved to Ireland to escape the war, they ‘don’t think about supports’ and they ‘came to work’
Ukrainians in Ireland say they moved here to escape the war, they ‘don’t think about supports’ and they ‘came to work’Iryna Mazhak, a medical sociologist from near Kyiv, moved to Ireland with her 13-year-old son in May of this year.
Ms Mazhak came to Ireland earlier this year as part of the Scholars at Risk programme, which is based inand supports researchers from war-torn regions to carry out their work in a peaceful environment. Ms Mazhak is researching the physical and mental health of female refugees in partnership with the. “My son has ADHD and there were so many rockets – it was very loud and dangerous. My son was so scared of the sound of helicopters flying overhead, he’s still scared of that sound.
She and her son briefly returned to Ukraine in April to visit family. “I missed my home very much; I missed my bed and my garden, it’s difficult to explain. But there was constant shelling, so we went to relatives in the west of the country and stayed there while we searched for an apartment in Dublin. Even in the west we could hear air sirens, it’s the worst sound.”
Nataliia Yakymchenko with her husband Oleksii, daughter Yeva , son Yevsiei and five-year-old daughter Yesieniia. “That was our first and main reason for moving to Ireland this year,” says Ms Yakymchenko, who arrived here in May 2023. “We had friends here who told us how great the schools were and our kids already spoke English. Inthey needed to learn Dutch and were trying to continue their Ukrainian schooling online. Of course, the child benefit payments were useful when we first arrived but that’s not the reason we came. We don’t think about supports, we came to work.
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