Ukraine needs 8 million migrants to avoid ‘demographic catastrophe,’ employment rep warns

Ukraine needs 8 million migrants to avoid ‘demographic catastrophe,’ employment rep warns Ukraine will need to import over 8 million migrants from developing countries to overcome a looming “demographic crisis,” a leading employment sector specialist has said. Vasily Voskoboinik, president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Companies for International Employment, told the country’s state television on Saturday there was an urgent need for labor migration from countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, India, North Africa and Central Asia. He said: “According to estimates by the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization, we will need 8.2 million workers. This is...