Number of foreigners entering Poland from Ukraine nearing 1 mln

2015-12-18 08:48 update: 2015-12-18, 08:48
The number of foreigners entering Poland each month from Ukraine is nearing the 1 million level, indicates data furnished by the Central Statistical Office (GUS).

According to GUS, 872,000 foreigners entered Poland from Ukraine in November against 699,000 a year ago, up by 25 percent.

Meanwhile the number of foreigners coming from Belarus and Russia is falling. In November, the Belarus-Polish border was crossed by 256,000 foreigners against 289,000 a year ago.

A similar trend may be observed on the Polish-Russian border where the number of foreigners entering Poland fell to 101,000 in November from 136,000 in November 2014. (PAP)

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