But Russians, Belarusians and Roma remain the most disliked national and ethnic groups in Poland.
But Russians, Belarusians and Roma remain the most disliked national and ethnic groups in Poland.
“We can now phase out these extraordinary measures and move from temporary solutions to systemic ones,” says the government.
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The government this year pledged to step up deportations of immigrants who break the law.
The case comes amid declining public support for Ukraine in Poland.
Russia regularly recruits Ukrainians in Poland to carry out espionage and sabotage.
From this school year, Ukrainian can be chosen as a foreign language.
His remarks come in the context of discussions over plans to toughen the criteria for foreigners to obtain Polish citizenship.
There are around 1.5 million Ukrainians in Poland, making them by far Poland’s largest immigrant group.
The education ministry estimates that between 20,000 and 80,000 new Ukrainian pupils will now start attending school.
It has declined from a net positive 92 percentage points in early 2023 to just 26 now, according to a new poll.
The national groups that saw the largest increases were Belarusians, Ukrainians, Indians, Colombians and Nepalis.
“These are Ukrainian families who, to a large extent, work today for the Polish GDP, they pay taxes in Poland,” said the Polish deputy interior minister.
Belarusians made up the majority.
“The Polish labour market is becoming more and more attractive to foreigners,” says the head of the state Social Insurance Institution (ZUS).