Because of the conflict over grain imports, Poland has said it will likely end support for refugees, which includes removing residence and work permit requirements, free access to schools and healthcare .
Poland plans to cut financial support for the country’s one million Ukrainian refugees. This was announced on Tuesday, September 19, by the Secretary of State of the Office of the Prime Minister of Poland, Piotr Muller, Bloomberg reports.
The publication notes that this could further weaken the strained relationship between the neighbors due to the grain import conflict.
“While the government in Warsaw is one of Ukraine’s biggest supporters, helping it defend against Russian aggression by offering financial and military aid, relations between the two countries are deteriorating ahead of the October elections in Poland,” the report said.
Support for refugees, which includes waivers of residency and work permit requirements, free access to schools, health care and family assistance, will not be extended next year, Mueller said.
“The benefits for Ukrainians “are not permanent.” The provisions of the law are temporary, and now there is no decision to extend them, said Muller.
Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy Anna Schmidt said the country has spent about $550 million on aid for Ukrainian families who fled Poland.
As reported, Ukraine filed a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against three Eastern European countries that unilaterally extended the grain import ban, despite the fact that the European Commission lifted the restrictive measures . At the same time, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia refused to work on the EC coordination platform on Ukrainian grain because of Ukraine’s possible filing of a claim at the WTO.
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Source: korrespondent
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