According to the latest data from the Ministry of Family and Social Policy (MRiPS) employment in Poland has already been found by 358,000 Ukrainians who came to Poland after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. The largest number of jobs for refugees was found in Mazovia, Lower Silesia and the Łódzkie Voivodeship. The least – in the east of the country.
By far the largest number of Ukrainians found employment in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. According to data from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, 79,000 refugees had taken up work there by 27 July. In second place is Lower Silesia (37.9 thousand) and in third place is the Łódź Voivodeship (35.2 thousand). In the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship 33.3 thousand Ukrainian refugees are already working.
As portal Money.pl points out, the fewest refugees work in eastern Poland. It is 3.1 thousand in the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship, 4.1 thousand in the Podkarpackie voivodeship and 6.5 thousand in the Podlaskie voivodeship, followed by the Lubuskie (10.5 thousand), Lubelskie (10.6 thousand) and Warmińsko-Mazurskie (10.9 thousand) voivodeships.
The data concerns Ukrainian refugees, i.e. people who came to Poland after the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February and who found work under a special law drafted for refugees. Ukrainian citizens can look for work through the portal pracawpolsce.gov.pl. The website is available in three language versions: Ukrainian, Polish and English.
According to the Central Statistical Office, unemployment in Poland in June was only 4.9%, the lowest in 32 years. At the end of June, there were 818,000 unemployed registered in labour offices. This represents a decrease of 32.2 thousand people compared to May in the previous year.
“The low unemployment is the result of state intervention and support for companies that did not cut jobs in the pandemic. Also, the development of strategic investments contributed to the drop in the unemployment rate”, said the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.
Arkadiusz Słomczyński