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Politico (29 November 2023)

BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ, VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA AND BARTOSZ BRZEZIŃSKI

Thousands of trucks are blocked at the border as Poles fume Ukrainians are undercutting them in sectors ranging from freight to food.

The first thing a Ukrainian would notice entering Poland last year was volunteer groups welcoming exhausted refugees with warm food, clothing, offers of rooms and buses to transport them for free to cities across Poland.

Now, the first thing Ukrainians notice is an immense line of trucks waiting to cross the Dorohusk border checkpoint thanks to a blockade by Polish truckers that began on November 6. 

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