https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f8a8a85-e727-411d-96d6-b46bdde15bf8 Belarus is increasingly turning to foreign workers as demographic decline and mass emigration leave enormous holes in its labor market. Minsk hoped thousands of workers from Uzbekistan could help fill vacancies in agriculture, construction, industry and other sectors. But Uzbek migrants have complained about lower-than-expected salaries, living costs and working conditions, while some have already asked to return home. Alexander Lukashenko has even acknowledged that workers seeking much higher wages would be better off going to Russia. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and his guest, Dmitry Bolkunets, Co-founder of the Belarus Democratic Forum, look at why Belarus may struggle to import enough workers to compensate for the people its economy has already lost. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: Belarus struggles to attract foreign workers 02:49 Introduction: Belarus–Uzbekistan labor migration deal 08:37 Interview: Belarus’s growing labor shortage and attempts to address it 12:08 Interview: Competition for Central Asian migrant labor 15:24 Interview: The limits of Belarus’ migration strategy 20:37 Eastern News Flash 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Belarus #Lukashenko #migration Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:36:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f8a8a85-e727-411d-96d6-b46bdde15bf8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.