Ewa Łaźniewska is a Professor in the Department of Business Cycles and Economic Policy, at Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland.Joanna Kurowska-Pysz is a Professor in the Department of Management at WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.Tomasz Górecki is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.Khrystyna Prytula is an Associate Professor, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Head of Cross-Border Cooperation Sector, Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine.Klaudia Plac is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Migration as a Factor for Regional Development in Border Regions 3. Research Methodology 4. Features of Socio-Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Ukrainian Border Regions 5. The Socio-Economic Situation of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland with Particular Emphasis on the Cross-Border Labour Market 6. Activities of Polish Self-Governments Mitigating the Refugee Crisis 7. Labour Market Institutions in a Situation of Inflow of War Refugees from Ukraine to Polish Border Regions 8. Non-Governmental Organisations’ Support for Ukrainian War Refugees on the Polish Labour Market 9. Local Labour Market Actors: Refugees and Employers on the Polish-Ukrainian Border during the Migration Crisis in 2022 Caused by the War in Ukraine 10. Summary

Ewa Łaźniewska is a Professor in the Department of Business Cycles and Economic Policy, at Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland.Joanna Kurowska-Pysz is a Professor in the Department of Management at WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.Tomasz Górecki is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.Khrystyna Prytula is an Associate Professor, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Head of Cross-Border Cooperation Sector, Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine.Klaudia Plac is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Migration as a Factor for Regional Development in Border Regions 3. Research Methodology 4. Features of Socio-Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Ukrainian Border Regions 5. The Socio-Economic Situation of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland with Particular Emphasis on the Cross-Border Labour Market 6. Activities of Polish Self-Governments Mitigating the Refugee Crisis 7. Labour Market Institutions in a Situation of Inflow of War Refugees from Ukraine to Polish Border Regions 8. Non-Governmental Organisations’ Support for Ukrainian War Refugees on the Polish Labour Market 9. Local Labour Market Actors: Refugees and Employers on the Polish-Ukrainian Border during the Migration Crisis in 2022 Caused by the War in Ukraine 10. Summary

Ewa Łaźniewska is a Professor in the Department of Business Cycles and Economic Policy, at Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland.Joanna Kurowska-Pysz is a Professor in the Department of Management at WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.Tomasz Górecki is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.Khrystyna Prytula is an Associate Professor, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Head of Cross-Border Cooperation Sector, Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine.Klaudia Plac is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Migration as a Factor for Regional Development in Border Regions 3. Research Methodology 4. Features of Socio-Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Ukrainian Border Regions 5. The Socio-Economic Situation of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland with Particular Emphasis on the Cross-Border Labour Market 6. Activities of Polish Self-Governments Mitigating the Refugee Crisis 7. Labour Market Institutions in a Situation of Inflow of War Refugees from Ukraine to Polish Border Regions 8. Non-Governmental Organisations’ Support for Ukrainian War Refugees on the Polish Labour Market 9. Local Labour Market Actors: Refugees and Employers on the Polish-Ukrainian Border during the Migration Crisis in 2022 Caused by the War in Ukraine 10. Summary