Poland Records 5.15 Million Crossings From Ukraine Since War Started
At the same time, on July 31, the officials revealed that about 3.25 million Ukrainians returned to their home country during the same period, AtoZSerwisPlus.pl reports.
In addition, on Tuesday, July 30, Poland recorded 25,400 border crossings, while 29,900 made the journey from Poland to Ukraine.
Otherwise, Poland is one of the neighboring countries of Ukraine that has welcomed the most refugees from Ukraine, since the beginning of Russia’s invasion.
The latest figures provided by the UN refugee agency show that more than six million people have registered as refugees across Europe since the start of the war.
Poland currently hosts more than 1.2 million Ukrainian refugees from European countries, while nearly 5,000,000 have been registered as having fled Ukraine since the war started.
Previously, the European statistics provider, Eurostat, revealed that in May 2022, among the Member States of the European Union, Poland granted the largest number of temporary protection statuses to Ukrainians fleeing their country because of the war.
Such data also show that about 96,085 Ukrainians were granted temporary protection status in Poland. Meanwhile, Poland was followed by Romania with 20,435 protection statuses and Bulgaria on the other hand with 19,860 protection statuses.
According to Eurostat, in May this year, the number of Ukrainian citizens receiving temporary protection increased in four Member States. As a result, large increases were recorded in Romania and Denmark. Romania granted 9,575, and Denmark granted 1,040 more temporary protections than April 2022. At the same time, these two countries were followed by Bulgaria (-41,610) and France (-14,535).
Moreover, on June 9, the European Commission announced that around 185,000 Ukrainian refugees had already started working in Poland under simplified procedures enabled by the Polish authorities.
In this regard, the EU Commission emphasized that this special law makes access to work easier for Ukrainian refugees as it makes them eligible for employment even if they do not have a work permit or PESEL number, which is a unique personal identifier issued to residents.
The same also noted that half of the refugees found work in four of the 16 Polish provinces, which are Mazowieckie, Dolno?l?skie, Wielkopolskie, and ?ódzkie. As most refugees are women and children, women also make up the majority of new hires, at around 135,000.