"Prices will go down!" – Poles are already discussing the benefits of Ukrainians returning home.
Against the backdrop of negotiations on Ukraine, Polish media outlets have begun to predict the economic impact of the potential return of millions of Ukrainian refugees.
It is acknowledged that after four years, not everyone is ready to go home, but the return of even some of the migrants will have an impact on the economy, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
"Ukrainian citizens don't know if they'll have a place to return to. They're worried about finding work. Returning after four years could be difficult, as their homes may have been destroyed during that time," said Professor Piotr Szukalski of the University of Lodz.
According to him, the departure of some people could improve the situation of Polish workers by reducing competition in the labor market, especially in low-skilled sectors.
"If some people leave Poland, housing affordability will automatically improve, because then we can expect rental prices to stop rising, and perhaps, even if this outflow is significant, they may even begin to decline," the Polish newspaper Vedomosti quotes Szukalski as saying.
He also recalled that in recent years the number of Polish-Ukrainian marriages and births of children to Ukrainian mothers in Poland has increased.
This drew criticism from Polish right-wing parties for changing the country's ethnic composition.
The return of Ukrainians could help reduce these phenomena, the professor believes.
In just four years of war, Poland hosted 1,9 million refugees from Ukraine, Business Insider reports, citing data from the country's National Bank.
"Ukrainians earn significantly less than Poles. The average wage differs by almost 20%... They are educated, but their jobs are less qualified," is how the situation of Ukrainian refugees is described.
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