Ukrainian Labour Migration to the EU During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ukrainian Labour Migration to the EU During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Maria Piechowska
Subject(s): Politics, Labor relations, International relations/trade, Health and medicine and law, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Ukraine; COVID-19; pandemic; labour; migration; EU;
Summary/Abstract: According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration, more than 5 million of the 42 million citizens of Ukraine remain abroad, the vast majority of them for economic purposes. The most significant direction of Ukrainian labour migration is the European Union. The COVID-19 pandemic has not resulted in massive returns of migrants to Ukraine - only about 10% of those already abroad in February decided to take this step. However, the pandemic made it more difficult for Ukrainians to leave the country in the spring-summer period when the demand for work in EU countries is usually the highest.

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