Poland accepts over 1.6 million refugees from Ukraine: officials

Poland has admitted 1.675 million people escaping the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Polish Border Guard agency reported on Sunday.

Refugees from war-torn Ukraine at the railway station in the southeastern Polish city of Przemyśl, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.

PAP/Darek Delmanowicz

On Saturday, border officials cleared 79,800 people arriving from Ukraine, the agency wrote on Twitter. 

A further 16,800 refugees entered Poland from Ukraine by 7am on Sunday morning, the Border Guard added.

#Pomagamy🇺🇦
Od 24.02 z 🇺🇦do🇵🇱przyjechało 1,675 mln osób.
Wczoraj tj.12.03 #funkcjonariuszeSG odprawili 79,8 tys. osób-wzrost o 5%. Najwięcej w #PSGMedyka 21,5 tys., #PSGDorohusk 12,8 tys.,#PSGHrebenne 11,1 tys.
Dzisiaj do godz.07.00 przyjechało 16,8 tys. osób z🇺🇦.#NOSG #BiOSG pic.twitter.com/is3ysd9Kpr

— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) March 13, 2022

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Saturday signed into law a plan of support for Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasion of their country. The new legislation grants them legal residence in Poland, among other forms of assistance.

Sunday is day eighteen of the Russian attack on Ukraine, which began on February 24.

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Source: IAR, PAP