The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of Poland is rechecking the number of Ukrainian citizens who are actually in the country. The reason is the discrepancies between state registers regarding children, workers, and people with various residency statuses. The most realistic estimate currently is 1.8–1.9 million people, reports inPoland.
When Poland will receive accurate data on Ukrainians
According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration Macej Dushchik, the indicators in different databases do not match. In particular, there are discrepancies between the number of Ukrainian children in Polish schools and information about adults who work but have different grounds for staying in the country.
The check is intended to establish how many Ukrainians actually live in Poland and how many are only listed in separate registers. More definitive data, according to the official, could appear by March 2027.
Dushchik also cited indicators of professional activity among Ukrainians. Among military refugees, the level exceeds 65%. If we consider citizens who arrived in Poland before February 24, 2022, the indicator is over 80%.
Together with students who combine study with work, the level of professional activity reaches approximately 95%. The deputy minister called this result the highest among European Union countries.
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The Polish government responded to the PiS proposal on deportations
During a party congress, PiS vice president and Member of the European Parliament Tobiasz Bocheński stated that if the party returns to power, one of the first decisions will be the deportation of Ukrainian men of conscription age who are not working legally in Poland.
Macej Dushchik called this proposal irrational and impractical. He emphasized that most Ukrainians of working age are officially employed, so the potential group that PiS speaks of is very small.
Among men without jobs, there are also the wounded and people with serious health problems. Their condition may prevent them from either working or serving in the military.
Dushchik also stated that under the current government, Poland conducts more deportations of foreigners than under the previous PiS administration. At the same time, decisions on forced returns are made not because of unemployment but for reasons provided by legislation.
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