Economics
Shut Border Risks $47 Billion Migrant-Based Polish Industry
- Builders call on government for aid as projects under threat
- One in five Ukrainian construction workers have already left
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The shutting of European borders in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic is about to derail a 200 billion-zloty ($47 billion) industry.
The Polish construction sector, which employs 400,000 people and accounts for 8% of gross domestic product, faces unprecedented trouble amid concerns over the Ukrainian workforce it depends on. The builders are gradually heading back to their homeland while would-be reinforcements can’t cross back into Poland.