Ukrainians cross the Polish-Ukrainian border through the Medyka checkpoint. File photoWARSAW, Mar 12Refugees from Ukraine wishing to stay in Poland will be registered from Wednesday, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration of Poland Pavel Shefernaker told reporters on Saturday. According to the latest data, about 1.6 million people have entered Poland from Ukraine since February 24.
Putin thanked Russians helping refugees from the DPR and LPR «Registration of refugees from Ukraine who want to get a PESEL number (personal identification number — ed.) in Poland, stay here, find a job, will be able to do this from Wednesday March 16,» he said. Shefernaker. At the same time, the authorities ask refugees not to come to local administrations on Wednesday. «The system is ready, but we have to test it. Therefore, registration will begin on Wednesday. But we urge that not all refugees come to the administration on the first day. We cannot block the functioning of the administrations,» the deputy minister said. days. Regardless of when you apply, you are provided with legal protection from the first day of arrival in Poland,» Schefernaker concluded. Shefernaker also said that the country's authorities are preparing to receive the next wave of refugees from Ukraine. «We are preparing for the next waves. We are preparing places of mass residence — gyms, sports halls,» he said. In addition, according to the deputy minister, the Polish authorities are actively involved in helping third-country nationals who arrived from Ukraine to get home. «We are always organizing export flights in cooperation with the governments of various countries. Flights to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be organized this week,» he said. for reimbursement of expenses. Earlier, the Polish parliament passed a law that Poles who provided shelter to Ukrainian refugees would receive daily 40 zlotys (a little over $9) per person per day. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.
