Prior to the war, Ukraine’s economy was already increasingly integrated with the EU’s, and it was one of the major countries of origin of new labour migrants arriving in the European Union.

EN etf_skills_and_migration_country_fiche_ukraine_2021_en.pdf (europa.eu)

Infographics (EN only): ETF_Migration_infographic_Ukraine_v2 (europa.eu)

An increasing number of workers in Ukraine, known as platform workers, are involved in online work for clients in the European Union, facilitated by digital and language skills and good internet connections. ETF produced a study, available at: platform_work_ukraine_0.pdf (europa.eu)

ILO conducted initial assessment of the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the world of work: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---europe/---ro-geneva/documents/briefingnote/wcms_844295.pdf 

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