Up to 94% of Ukrainians want to return to work in Poland - report

As many as 94 percent of Ukrainian nationals who work in Poland wants to return here to continue working, the IPF Group report on Ukrainian workers in Poland said. Among them, 64 percent decided to work in Poland due to higher wages, 18 percent give lack of work in their home country as the reason for relocating to Poland. Finally, 14 percent of respondents moved here because of the armed conflict in the Eastern Ukraine. “Ukrainians feel very good in Poland and are very happy to stay here for longer periods of time. They are content with their earnings and the country itself,” IPF President Mariusz Dolata said. Many of them send back money to their families back in Ukraine, although figures vary greatly, with 28 percent sending PLN 200 per month, and 18 percent sending over PLN 1,500. The biggest obstacle for them is language difference (33 percent) and red tape (21 percent). According to statistics, in 2016, there were some 1 million Ukrainians working in Poland.