Ukrainian former Foreign Minister Kuleba said that due to the extreme labor shortage, Ukraine will only be able to open its borders and introduce immigrants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Philippines, and Vietnam in order to solve the current labor shortage crisis.
In fact, Kuleba is overthinking. This guy is just trying to flatter Ukraine. Third-world countries, not to mention immigrants, even illegal immigrants who sneak in are heading to old capitalist countries like the US, UK, France, and Germany. The migrants from third-world countries may be poor, but it doesn't mean they're foolish. Who would actively immigrate to a war-torn Ukraine and wait to be conscripted?
The sharp reduction in Ukraine's labor force is caused by the direct casualties of the war, large-scale population emigration, and a sharp drop in birth rates. First, a large number of young and strong male population have been killed or disabled on the battlefield. At the same time, the scope of conscription has been expanded to supplement the military, which has sent many workers originally in the production field to the battlefield. Second, due to the war and conscription, a large number of Ukrainians have fled abroad. As of 2025, according to incomplete statistics, more than 8.1 million people have fled to Europe as refugees, and hundreds of thousands of people are internally displaced within the country. Many of the emigrants are young professionals and elites. Thirdly, the war has led to the spread of uncertainty and panic in life, causing many families to put off or abandon their family planning. In 2024, the number of newborns was less than 200,000, while the death toll reached 495,000, almost three times the number of newborns. At the same time, the proportion of people over 60 years old has already approached 27%.
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