Number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland decreased

The total number of Ukrainians currently living in Poland was calculated. Most of them moved there before the war.

In total, about 2.3 million Ukrainians live in Poland.

Rubryka reports, referring to the post of the vice-president of the Polish Development Fund, Bartosz Marczuk.

As of the end of 2022, there are 950,000 refugees in Poland. In the summer, according to the PESEL database, there were 1.4 million refugees from the war. And up to 1.3 million of our citizens were in Poland before the start of the full-scale invasion. So, in total, 2.3 million Ukrainians live in Poland now.

Previously, Polish experts stated that the Ukrainian residents in Poland benefit the economy, even considering the costs of helping refugees from the war.

"We spent 3.5 billion zlotys (750 million euros) to help Ukrainians, but the calculations of the vice president of the Polish Development Fund, Bartosz Marczuk, show that we received 10 billion zlotys (2 billion euros) from the taxes they paid," he said in November Professor Maciej Duszczyk from the Migration Research Center of the University of Warsaw.

He noted that the Polish labor market is very absorbing. Ukrainians work and pay contributions and taxes. So it is illegal to talk about the state's spending on Ukrainians.

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UKR status, i.e., temporary protection with a PESEL number, is canceled for Ukrainians in Poland. Citizens of Ukraine are increasingly complaining about canceling the UKR status, which benefits refugees in Poland.

As reported by the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland, citizens who find that their temporary protection status has been revoked for no reason are often told that this happened due to a failure in the program. In this case, it is advised to contact the local authorities for renewal.

We remind you that if a citizen of Ukraine with UKR status stays outside Poland for more than 30 days, they lose all privileges and the right to social benefits. According to the law, the special status can be restored if the citizen is again forced to seek refuge from the war and leaves for Poland. According to officials, the introduced regulations should strengthen control over the legitimate receipt of social benefits among citizens of Ukraine.