More than 1 mln Ukrainians working, living in Poland – Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland

18:38, 27.08.2018 1 min read

There are currently more than one million Ukrainians who work and live in Poland, and 200,000 of them have received the so-called Polish residence card, Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland Andriy Deshchytsia has said.

"There are now 1 million Ukrainians living and working in Poland. There is no exact data. The number is based on the number of national visas issued, permits for work or residence," Deshchytsia said during the press club of the 13th meeting of heads of Ukraine's foreign diplomatic missions in Kyiv on Monday.

The ambassador said about 200,000 Polish residence cards have been issued to Ukrainians, adding that Ukrainians have given a boost to Poland's economy.

Deshchytsia also pointed out to the need to equip border-crossing points on the Poland-Ukraine border.

"There exists a problem of expanding and modernizing checkpoints on the Poland-Ukraine border," he said.