Yevheniia Hryhorieva, Agnieszka Fihel. 2025.

Labour Shortages, Informality, and Migrant Precarity in Ukraine’s Agricultural Sector During Wartime

CMR Spotlight 11 (77)

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In spite of the war and partly because of it, Ukrainian agriculture is experiencing a shortage of workers and turning to migrant labour. In this issue, Yevheniia Hryhorieva from Europe without Barriers, Kyiv, and Agnieszka Fihel from the CMR describe the legal steps taken by the state to attract migrant workers for various sectors, from farming to IT, and the effects on the ground in agriculture: the expansion of intermediaries and flexible employment schemes, which lead to precarity for the workers

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