Marlena Maląg unveiled the figures at a news conference on Monday, the state PAP news agency reported.
She addressed the media after visiting a refugee-welcome centre in central Poland alongside the European Union Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit.
“Poland has thrown its borders wide open, Poles have opened up their hearts and the government has prepared coordinated policies and measures to support refugees from Ukraine,” the minister said, as quoted by PAP.
She noted that more than 2.3 million people, mainly women and children, had crossed to Poland from Ukraine since the Russian assault began.
‘17,000 Ukrainian women fleeing the war have started jobs in Poland’
Maląg announced that “Ukrainian women are already taking up employment.”
“According to data from employers, by last Friday around 17,000 of them have started jobs,” she said, adding that Ukrainian women were also taking Polish classes “to feel comfortable in the labour market.”
The minister stressed that Poland had become “an enormous hub of humanitarian aid,” and called on the countries of Western Europe to “work in concert” to ensure the safety of people arriving in Poland from Ukraine.
The EU's Schmit gave assurances that "Europe won't leave Poland alone to deal with such a big challenge," of helping those who flee the war, PAP reported.
Monday is day 33 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland on Monday reported it had taken in 2.32 million refugees fleeing Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda this month signed into law a measure to offer wide-ranging support to Ukrainians escaping the Russian attack on their country, which began on February 24.
The measure grants them legal residence in Poland and ensures access to education, healthcare and social benefits.
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Source: IAR, PAP, gov.pl