Ukraine hopes new EU migration rules will bring its people back home.

Ukraine and the EU are negotiating to ensure that future EU migration rules help return Ukrainians home next year and support the country’s economy.

EU migration ministers were supposed to discuss a new social protection system for four million Ukrainians currently in European countries. If the bloc decides to allow Ukrainian refugees to stay while the war continues, they could instruct the European Commission to create a new system. The current directive on temporary protection for Ukrainians has already been extended twice.

Ukrainian authorities want the bloc’s future migration rules to encourage the return of more Ukrainian citizens to their homes, which would strengthen the economy.

The Politico’s anonymous diplomatic sources say that Kyiv did not send an official request to the EU to facilitate the return of refugees, but rather is trying to find a negotiated solution.