Ukraine Gate – Kyiv – June 11, 2022- Poland’s Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlina Maloj announced that since the beginning of the asylum of Ukrainian women accompanied by their families to Poland, more than 220,000 women have been employed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of their country until now.
According to the official, about 1.2 million Ukrainians have obtained the Polish identification code (PESEL), including 500,000 women of working age.
“This is good news for the Polish labor market,” Mallig said. “All the meetings we’ve had with employers clearly show that our country needs a workforce.”
Earlier, the governor of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapinski, said that 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens remained in the country, where they found shelter from Russian aggression.
According to other estimates, a total of 3-3.5 million Ukrainians may reside in Poland.
