Charters to Finland planned for Ukrainian workers

Charters to Finland planned for Ukrainian workers

 

The Finnish authorities plan to transport seasonal workers from Ukraine by charter flights. At the moment, this possibility is being discussed at the Finnish Ministry of Labor.

Finnish agrarians face labor shortages due to the coronavirus pandemic. On farms, most workers come from Ukraine, Russia and Thailand. If spring field work is not carried out on time and in full, food may run out in the country, and agricultural prices may rise.

The Ministry of Labor is developing a plan for the importation of workers from abroad. The rules provide for a two-week quarantine at the entry of foreign workers.

Airports are closed

Thousand of tourists Found themselves stocked out side there borders since all countries closed the borders. Almost all scheduled flights were cancelled. Airlines and cruise ships lost Millions of dollars since more than 40,000 scheduled flights were cancelled. All Airports are closed until further notice.

Covid-19 and Tourism

Since the beginning of this new year 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic situation has been escalated to the worse, more than 900,000 cases, more than 40,000 deaths and more than 190,000 recovered all around the world. In March almost the totality of countries decided to close there borders (airports, Marine ports, land entries). Thousand of tourists Found themselves stocked out side there borders since all countries closed the borders. Almost all scheduled flights were cancelled (more than 40,000 flights).