Polish experts: Ukraine may lose $4 billion in remittances due to COVID-19 pandemic


Medical workers inspect passengers after the train from Poland with evacuated Ukrainians arrived at Central Railway Station on March 20, 2020, in Kyiv.

With COVID-19 bringing an economic crisis and mounting unemployment to Poland, experts forecast a dramatic drop in remittances from Ukrainian migrants working in the European Union country.

According to Lukasz Kozlowski, chief economist at the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs, it could lead to a loss of $4 billion in remittances to Ukraine in 2020.