Ukraine effectively banned export of seasonal workers - Ambassador of Estonia

Ukraine banned charter flights, with which European countries wanted to remove seasonal workers from the country. This was stated by the Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine Kaimo Kuusk, ERR reports. He said that Finland planned to remove about 14 thousand gastarbeiters, but the government of Ukraine stopped issuing permits for charter flights. There were lengthy negotiations, and in the end Finland managed to convince Ukraine. But after delivering the first 200 people to Helsinki, Ukraine's government suspended further charter flights, and seasonal workers are no longer released abroad, the diplomat said. He added that the ban was set indefinitely. Read also: A plane with labour migrants flew from Ukraine to Finland. Note that citizens of Ukraine can travel to their relatives in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia through ground checkpoints. According to the news agency, earlier the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Dmitry Kuleba said that the export of gastarbeiters from Ukraine is contrary to the policy of the government of the country and therefore the authorities of Ukraine will not contribute to this. At the same time, he did not confirm the existence of a ban on transport.