Polls indicate approximately 80% are intent on returning when they can. With the north of the country at least liberated some of the people can feasibly return, though the loss of housing and critical infra is a major problem. Approximately every other person in Kyiv has left (~1,5-2M), but some are already slowly coming back. Also, by my own estimate, the majority of those displaced didn’t cross the border and simply went to central/western Ukraine.
Also, the vast majority are women and children, so there’s an additional incentive to return, if they have family left here. Males 18-60 are forbidden to leave while martial law is in effect, with some exceptions like people unfit for service, fathers of 3+ etc. Of course, some people crossed illegally or bribed the border guards on our end, but they have little impact on statistics.
I should also note that not everyone even registers as a refugee on arrival and they live through their own means like my SO did. Hoping they can come back within 3 months…
Polish person here. As long as it takes. Because, fuck Putin
They took in 2.5 Mio Ukrainians no problem but still push back a few hundred Syrian refugees. Shame!
Untill Syrians show up
My mom is in Warsaw now. Polish people help a lot. Still, she can only live in a hotel (paid from sister’s work) for the next 2 weeks maybe and then need to find a place somewhere somehow. She got her pills, not entirely for free but cheaper, she drives for free, even a taxi when she just arrived was for free. She needed to finish her teeth and it’s not for free and not affordable now, but she repaired some stuff for 600 zl. that was kinda urgent. What she needed was “most” and she got the bill for it for 6600 zl. and it’s an insane amount for her (it costs 1/4 of that in Ukraine). And she doesn’t speak the language, when she realized how much it is she went back afraid, and there was a Ukrainian-Polish translator that helped her understand all that and cancel it.
She went to get some… free food, I guess, and got a lot, but most of it was taken from her by our relatives, that accompanied her. They have 5 kids but still, mom is 67, and she’s kinda a pushover. Should be careful with your own relatives. Anyway, she loves Poland and Polish people. Poland is amazing, thank you, Polish people. Yeah, also thinking about how much longer it can last…
Hearing about the enormous kindness extended by the Polish people towards the Ukrainians is humbling and inspiring. Thank you.
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Polls indicate approximately 80% are intent on returning when they can. With the north of the country at least liberated some of the people can feasibly return, though the loss of housing and critical infra is a major problem. Approximately every other person in Kyiv has left (~1,5-2M), but some are already slowly coming back. Also, by my own estimate, the majority of those displaced didn’t cross the border and simply went to central/western Ukraine.
Also, the vast majority are women and children, so there’s an additional incentive to return, if they have family left here. Males 18-60 are forbidden to leave while martial law is in effect, with some exceptions like people unfit for service, fathers of 3+ etc. Of course, some people crossed illegally or bribed the border guards on our end, but they have little impact on statistics.
I should also note that not everyone even registers as a refugee on arrival and they live through their own means like my SO did. Hoping they can come back within 3 months…
Polish person here. As long as it takes. Because, fuck Putin
They took in 2.5 Mio Ukrainians no problem but still push back a few hundred Syrian refugees. Shame!
Untill Syrians show up
My mom is in Warsaw now. Polish people help a lot. Still, she can only live in a hotel (paid from sister’s work) for the next 2 weeks maybe and then need to find a place somewhere somehow. She got her pills, not entirely for free but cheaper, she drives for free, even a taxi when she just arrived was for free. She needed to finish her teeth and it’s not for free and not affordable now, but she repaired some stuff for 600 zl. that was kinda urgent. What she needed was “most” and she got the bill for it for 6600 zl. and it’s an insane amount for her (it costs 1/4 of that in Ukraine). And she doesn’t speak the language, when she realized how much it is she went back afraid, and there was a Ukrainian-Polish translator that helped her understand all that and cancel it.
She went to get some… free food, I guess, and got a lot, but most of it was taken from her by our relatives, that accompanied her. They have 5 kids but still, mom is 67, and she’s kinda a pushover. Should be careful with your own relatives. Anyway, she loves Poland and Polish people. Poland is amazing, thank you, Polish people. Yeah, also thinking about how much longer it can last…
Hearing about the enormous kindness extended by the Polish people towards the Ukrainians is humbling and inspiring. Thank you.
Britain obviously doesn’t care.