Poland Offers Young Ukrainians the Chance to Study for Free
The opportunity will be offered to Ukrainians between the age of 18 and 25 who wish to study at Polish universities or police schools, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
In this regard, the program will help young people find jobs and provide housing or compensation for rent. At the same time, they will also benefit from public transport, health insurance, and a vacation payment of 1,8000 zlotys per year.
Both graduates of Ukrainian schools and students who are already studying in Poland can join the program. In order to be eligible to participate in this project, students need documents such as a high school diploma or a certificate from the university where they studied.
In 2021, over 1.2 million students studied in Polish universities. Among them, 6.8 per cent were foreigners, of which almost 39,000 came from Ukraine and 8,300 from Belarus.
Poland is home to more than 500 universities, and the most popular academic centres are Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw and Poznan.
European Union countries, including Poland, have granted temporary protection to people displaced from Ukraine due to the occupation of this country by the Russian military.
The data provided by the United Nations Refugee Agency revealed that since the war started on February 24, Poland has received over 6,114,787 Ukrainian refugees.
Previously, data by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat) has also shown that in June 2022, Poland granted the largest number of temporary protection statuses to Ukrainians by granting over 60,125 temporary protections.
According to Eurostat, Poland was followed by Romania with 10,360 temporary protections granted, Ireland with 6,985 and Bulgaria with 6,920.
Besides, recently a survey conducted by the international employment agency Gremi Personal has shown that about 20 per cent of Ukrainian refugees who have settled in Poland plan to return to their country before the beginning of winter.
About 1,240 people forced to leave Ukraine because of the war took part in this survey.
In this regard, the analytical centre emphasized that 22 per cent of respondents intend to go to Ukraine this fall-winter, while 35 per cent will stay in Poland until next year.
On the other hand, 26 per cent of refugees intend to return after the war ends. Meanwhile, about 17 per cent of respondents said they would stay in Poland indefinitely.
