Ukrainian refugees have reduced the labor shortage in the European market.

European Commissioner for Employment Nicolas Schmit said that Ukrainian refugees in the EU played an important role in improving the situation in the bloc’s labor market. There is a labor shortage in European countries, and the employment of more than half of Ukrainians contributes to reducing this problem.

He specified that in eleven EU countries, more than 60% of non-disabled Ukrainians seeking work are already employed. “This affected the improvement of the labor shortage situation in many European labor markets,” Schmit said.

He did not provide information about specific countries where this happened, however, available statistics show that the largest number of Ukrainians found work in Poland and Germany. He also added that there is no exact number of employed Ukrainians, as not all countries have provided information, but it is believed that about 1.5-1.8 million Ukrainians work in the EU.