The Government wants refugees from Ukraine who stay in Poland in collective accommodation centres to contribute to housing and food costs. 

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stressed today that the Draft Act adopted by the Government would change the conditions for supporting war refugees from Ukraine who had found refuge in Poland. 

The Prime Minister announced that the Government is preparing to receive a possible wave of refugees.

We want these solutions to be adequately prepared

– he said.

At the same time, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stressed that measures were being taken to ensure that Polish taxpayers incur the lowest possible costs in that respect. He also informed about ongoing talks on the transfer of funds by, among others, Canada, the United States and Western Europe to help war refugees from Ukraine.

The amendment to the Act will specify the payment of family benefits such as " 500+" or "300+" to citizens from Ukraine. Meanwhile, financial support from the state budget for local governments in terms of additional educational tasks for children from Ukraine will continue in 2023.

Key solutions

• Citizens of Ukraine, who stay in Poland in collective accommodation centres, will participate in the costs related to accommodation and food. This solution will also promote social activation.
  • Citizens of Ukraine whose stay in Poland exceeds 120 days will cover 50% costs of assistance but no more than 40 PLN per person per day.
  • People residing in Poland for more than 180 days will cover 75% of the costs but at most PLN 60 per person per day.
  • People unable to take up employment, e.g. due to disability, age, difficult living situation, pregnancy or the need to care for children, will not contribute to the costs.
  • The possibility of using collective accommodation - for a period longer than 120 days from arrival in Poland - will be conditional on having a PESEL number.
• The payment of family benefits, for example, "500+", "300+", and Family Care Capital, that Ukrainian citizens may receive in Poland will be specified. 
  • The Social Insurance Institution will receive data from the Border Guard register concerning the date of each Ukrainian citizen's entry and exit from Poland.
  • The solution will make it possible to withhold benefits from people who have left Poland.
• In 2023, the Government will continue to provide financial support to local authorities concerning additional educational tasks for children from Ukraine.
  • It includes costs related to the education, upbringing and care of children and students and providing preschool education.
  • Financial support will also apply to public post-secondary schools, schools for adults and second-degree vocational schools in which students from Ukraine, who came to Poland due to the war, are educated.

The new solutions will enter into force on the day following the date of the announcement, with the exception of certain provisions which will take effect on other dates. 

The obligation to contribute to the cost of the stay for Ukrainian citizens in Poland in collective accommodation centres will come into force on 1 March 2023.