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Ukrainians are taking advantage of eased restrictions to find work in the European Union, data show, creating an economic lifeline for Ukraine’s embattled economy. A turning point for Ukrainian labor migration occurred in 2014, when Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union and concurrently became embroiled in a conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donbas region.

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