KIEV, Feb. 18 – The annual value of Ukrainian long-term migrant households abroad, representing 3% of total number of households in Ukraine, total around $4 billion, while total annual value of household savings in Ukraine is about $6 billion, according to a study organized as part of a project of the International Organization for Migration.

"Mass migration from Ukraine is seen for 15 years… If we take the last 10 years we can speak about $40 billion of savings abroad that are available now," Research Coordinator Nicolaas de Zwager said at the presentation of the study on Tuesday.