Over 6,000 asylum seekers are receiving social assistance in Poland, up from an average of 3,900 last year.

Over 6,000 asylum seekers are receiving social assistance in Poland, up from an average of 3,900 last year.
Only 20,000 new Ukrainian children signed up, compared to estimates of up to 80,000.
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Belarusians made up the majority.
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“The Polish labour market is becoming more and more attractive to foreigners,” says the head of the state Social Insurance Institution (ZUS).
Poland has received more refugees from Ukraine than any other country.
The majority of the increase is accounted for by Ukrainian refugees, though other forms of migration to Poland have also been rising rapidly.
Siddig Musa Hamid Eisa is one of at least 20 people to have died on the border since Belarus began engineering a wave of attempted crossings.
But Poland must support the learning of Polish, ensure access to the housing market, and help refugees find work matching their skills and qualifications.
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“We need to ask the Ukrainian refugees in Poland how they want to solve their problems.”
The amount is “small” but appreciated, says Poland, which will spend an estimated €8.36 billion on helping Ukrainian refugees this year.
Almost 1.4 million refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection in Poland, the most of any country.
Among the Ukrainian refugees in Poland, 91% are women (45%) and children (46%).
“No one will be able to ignore what Poles have done, how much they have mobilised, how much they have helped by giving [refugees] a roof over their heads and a meal.”
A separate nationalist protest against the “Ukrainisation of Poland” in Warsaw drew only a small crowd.
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