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WARSAW (Sputnik) – Over half of Polish people (53%) do not support the government’s allocation of social payments and benefits to Ukrainian refugees, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Friday, citing a poll by the University of Warsaw.
The poll found that only 21% of those surveyed supported the funding of social payments to Ukrainian refugees, while 47% were against equal access to social assistance, the newspaper reported.
The share of those supporting the social assistance measures changed within two years, the report said. In 2022, 50% of respondents were in favor of allocations, and only 20% were against, the report added.
Currently, Ukrainian refugees in Poland enjoy a number of benefits, including the right to work, social welfare, housing assistance, free medical care and car insurance. According to various estimates, there are currently between 1 and 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine in Poland.
