{"id":121878,"date":"2025-01-15T19:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121878\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"poland-international-protections-for-belarusians-drop-10-percent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121878\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: fewer Belarusians granted international protection last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 15, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The number of satisfied international protection requests from Belarusians in Poland decreased by 10.4 percent last year, according to data from the Polish Office for Foreigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 2,600 Belarusians were given international protection in 2024 compared with 2,900 in 2023. Last year, Belarusians filed 3,900 requests and 150 requests were rejected. Some 3,700 requests were filed in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians were the second largest group of foreigners by number of approved applications. Ukrainians lead with 7,000 requests and 3,900 positive decisions. Russians filed 1,000 applications and received 660 rejections during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2021, more than 240,000 Belarusian nationals applied for permits to stay in Poland, National Anti-Crisis Management head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told Pozirk<\/em> earlier, citing the Polish foreign ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 140,000 of them already have valid documents authorizing their stay, the Belarusian opposition politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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