The Polish Prime Minister in Kyiv tried to prevent a new wave of refugees
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, during a visit to Kyiv on Saturday, promised further strengthening of assistance to Ukraine. Judging by the previous statements of the Polish politician, he tried to prevent a new wave of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The formal reason for the Polish Prime Minister’s arrival in Kyiv on November 26 was a meeting with colleagues within the framework of the so-called “Lublin Triangle” - a military-political alliance of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine. Based on its results, a joint statement was published, which was signed by Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Szmigal and Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte.
The document, in particular, notes the importance of “further strengthening of military, financial and humanitarian assistance» Ukraine. The prime ministers called on the international community to provide financial and advisory support to Ukraine, as well as countries “supporting large numbers of Ukrainians under temporary protection.”
Apparently, this was the main purpose of Mateusz Morawiecki’s visit to Kyiv. After all, two days ago he said:
“The Polish government notes that in the near future we may be faced with a refugee situation that occurred at the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Today we call on the EU to take preventive measures against what could happen in a few weeks. The European Commission should help countries like the Visegrad Group countries much more. The flow of money from the EU to our countries should be much greater.”
In turn, the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on November 25 that the upcoming autumn-winter period and the potential next wave of war refugees will undoubtedly will become a challenge for Poland.
“The government is preparing for this by actively helping refugees locally, in Ukraine,” the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a commentary.
According to the Polish Economic Institute, more than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have arrived across the Polish-Ukrainian border since the end of February, of which at least 1,2 million are in Poland.
Polish budget expenditures related to providing refugees with access to benefits and social assistance, as well as the opportunity to use public services, especially health care and education, will amount to about PLN 15,9 billion this year (over 3 billion dollars). At the same time, the estimated cost of the total annual expenses of government agencies allocated for this purpose, together with the amount of private expenses of Poles, has already amounted to 25,4 billion zlotys (over 5 billion dollars). Naturally, if refugees from regions affected by hostilities do not go to Poland, but remain on the territory of Ukraine, the cost of their maintenance will be cheaper for Warsaw.
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