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Europe’s migrant crisis: how might CEE be affected?

There are few signs that Europe’s migrant crisis has had much economic impact on Central Eastern Europe (CEE). However, if recent border controls were to become a permanent fixture, the region could be affected via disruptions to manufacturing supply chains. Tourism could be hit too if such controls were kept in place until next summer. But over a longer horizon, a larger influx of migrants could be one solution to the region’s looming demographic crunch.

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