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Poland Can’t Get Enough of Ukrainian Migrants

  • Labor shortage in Poland is fueling demand for more Ukrainians
  • Central bank set to extend its rate pause at meeting this week
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In a world of ever-tighter borders, an epic labor migration into Poland has it asking for more of the same.

Not even a million Ukrainians who’ve come to the nation of 38 million since a pro-Russian insurgency erupted in their country three years ago have been enough to sate a labor market stretched by record-low unemployment and economic growth on track to top 3 percent in 2017.