The American company Bloomberg conducted a study on the economic risks for Ukraine through labour migration to Poland, the Czech Republic and other European countries.
The study showed that Russian aggression in Donbass, constant devaluation and corruption has become the main reasons for the Ukrainians to seek work abroad, it written in the newspaper “Tyzhden”.
“Labour migration is one of the problems Ukraine faces today. It may become a serious risk for economic growth and price stability in the coming years”, – said the Deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine Dmytro Sologub.
In particular, Ukraine has helped to overcome labor shortages from Prague to Warsaw after the movement freedom through the European Union and “luring” by higher wage made the citizens of these countries EN to move massively to a richer block.
“The foreign companies have no other choice. At first, they were looking for the employees with extensive experience and diplomas. Now, they hire everyone and spend a month training, if necessary”, – said the Ukrainian businessman Roman Pelekh, who recently opened its ninth recruitment office being started in 2013.
In turn, the attractiveness for Ukrainian workers is understandable, because their cash reward at home amounts to 7 100 UAH ($265) per month compared to 3500 zloty ($1046) in Poland.
The reason for migration is a protracted conflict with the Russian occupiers, devaluation and constant corruption.
“There are 1.5 million Ukrainians registered in Poland and maybe another half a million are unregistered. In turn, the Czech Republic plans to double the annual quota for workers from Ukraine”, – it is stated in the publication.
It is noted that, for example, 37-year-old telecommunication engineer Andrew Kozlowski used his Polish origin, which helped him to move in 2014 to the city Gdina (Poland).
“The time has come when the war began, the hryvnia has fallen – I have always wanted to work abroad. I’m far from big money, but here it takes one year to earn what I was earning during four years at home,” he said.
In addition, according to the data of International Organization for Migration, 12% Ukrainians found foreign employment or are goint to realize it. The long-term picture also causes concern: the UN sees decline of the population to 36.4 million from 44.2 million by 2050.
The staff of SBGS in Lviv region detained a group of illegal migrants. The “travelers”, women and children among them, were getting to the countries of European Union. The border guards of BD “Smilnytsya”, Mostyskyi Detachment in due time learned about appearance of Asian appearance in the border area, who were moving towards the border. Reaction group started to the place immediately, and the border area was guarded by additional details. In addition, the border guards informed the neighboring subdivisions and colleagues from Poland. Soon, in the course of searching action, the border guards found 18 persons. The majority of the detainees had no any identifying documents. The border guards established that 16 illegal migrants were the citizens of Iraq and 2 were from Turkey. Besides, there were 4 women and 2 children among the detainees. Currently, the filtration measures are undertaken and all circumstances of their illegal trip are verified.
The RF citizen with 3 children asked for refugee status at the Ukrainian border.
During the control actions performed by the border guards of Kharkiv Detachment the citizens were unable to confirm the purpose of their trip to Ukraine.
The channel of illegal transportation of persons through the state border from Ukraine to Moldova is exposed in a result of the staff interaction of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and Border police of the Republic of Moldova.
The foreigners arrived from Qatar and walked for a flight to Vienna. However, due to the vigilance of the border guards they failed to get to Austria.
The border guards of BD “Goronglab”, Mukachevo Detachment received information from Hungarian colleagues about appearance of unfamiliar persons near the border. In a result of searching actions three persons were detained – two citizens of Sudan and one from Somalia. The men aged 27, 28 and 37 walking to Ukrainian-Hungarian border were apprehended in the suburb of the village Shom. The illegal migrants had only certificates on application for protection in Ukraine.
The staff of the SBGS revealed the forged documents belonging to the foreigners in the International Airport Boryspil, when registering the passengers in the Separate check point “Kyiv”. They were two Iranians attempting to get to Dusseldorf. Their passports of the citizens of Spain were completely forged. So far, the foreigners are rejected in crossing the border of Ukraine and sent by a back flight.
The border guards of Kharkiv Border Detachment detained the citizen of Kyrgyzstan, 1986 YOB. He tried to cross the border from Ukraine to Russia in illegal way in the area of the populated area Veterynarne. The illegal cross was prevented due to information received in time from the district inspector of State Border Guard Service. Currently, the circumstances of the offence are established. The foreigner will respond for the offence in the form of administrative responsibility.