Reuters said there could be a crisis in Europe after the end of the conflict in Ukraine
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After the end of the Ukrainian conflict, Europe may face an economic crisis due to a shortage of workers. This was reported by Reuters on January 16.
According to the cited data, there are more than 4.3m Ukrainians living in Europe, who filled vacant jobs amid low unemployment. However, as the publication notes, they can return to their country after peace is established.
The most Ukrainian migrants are in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is noted that part of the economic success of these countries is due to their influx over the past two years. And if they start returning to Ukraine en masse, this could pose serious threats to the economy. Such an outflow of labor force may contribute to inflation.
Earlier, on January 15, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said that the European countries are threatened with an aggravation of the crisis due to refugees from Ukraine who refuse to look for work. According to her, most of them are not interested in finding a job. Kneissl noted that among those arriving there are many who take advantage of the compensation system for the sake of their welfare.
Before that, on January 12, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Polish society is tired of the conflict in Ukraine and feels frustrated because of Ukrainian refugees. He called this understandable due to the fact that people in Poland see young Ukrainians driving the latest models of cars or staying in expensive hotels.
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (his term expired on May 20, 2024) on January 2 accused Western countries of exploiting Ukrainian refugees as cheap labor. He was outraged that in doing so, unemployed Ukrainians were demanded to be sent back to their country.
European countries started to accommodate Ukrainian refugees on their territories since the beginning of Russia's special operation to protect Donbas, which was announced on February 24, 2022.
