PiS announced the deportation from Poland of Ukrainian men of draft age who do not work legally. The spokeswoman of the Ministry of abroad Affairs Karolina Galecka rejected this thought as populist and, citing the ZUS data, reported that 95 percent of Ukrainian men of conscript age legally work. The state must defend borders and enforce law, but specified a serious policy requires precise criteria, not electoral slogans.
PIS announcement before election 2027
During the program convention of Law and Justice, MEP Tobias Bocheński announced that after a possible triumph of the organization in the 2027 election, 1 of the first decisions of the government would be to deport Ukrainian men of draft age who do not work legally in Poland. The politician besides presented an thought of a strategy called "illegal alert". It would trigger a deportation procedure after 2 offences or failure to comply with administrative obligations.
This is simply a proposal that touches on 2 real responsibilities of the State: the control of the legality of residence and the protection of public policy. Poland has the full right to remove foreigners who do not have the right to stay or meet the statutory conditions of the work to return. However, the password itself does not replace the law, procedure and individual decision of the competent authority.
Ministry of abroad Affairs: 95 percent work legally
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior and Administration Karolina Galecka called the assumptions of the PiS absurd and populism. In the message cited by [RMF24](https://www.rmf24.pl/facts/polska/news-pis-want-deportation-noun-gives-data-oto-ilu-ukrainco,nIdn,1012943), she cited the data of ZUS, according to which 95 percent of Ukrainian men working in Poland are doing work legally and paying taxes.
This number needs to be read correctly. It concerns the legal employment of the designated group, but does not answer the question of how many men stay outside the labour marketplace and why. Among the inactive may be those breaking regulations, but besides injured soldiers coming for rehabilitation or parents taking care of children with disabilities. Maciej Duszczyk, Vice-President of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, pointed out these examples. The liable State distinguishes between specified situations.
Deportation must come from the law
Galecka besides reported that in 2023 about 3,000 foreigners were deported from Poland, and in 2025 about 10,000 people of different nationalities were deported from Poland. According to the Ministry of abroad Affairs of April, the effectiveness of deportation was 65 percent. These are data presented by the ministry in a political dispute and should so be assessed together with the full methodology and structure of the decision.
The current rules let Ukrainian citizens residing in Poland to legally enter work after their employer has notified them. authoritative government information indicates that persons subject to temporary protection hold their legal residence until 4 March 2027. The employer is obliged to make an electronic notification within 7 days of the start of work.
Residence and labour law cannot be a fiction. Checks on the grey zone, prosecution of crimes and implementation of final decisions on the work to return are in the interest of Poland. At the same time, the collective nationality or age criterion cannot replace an individual assessment of the legal situation of a person. Polish migration policy is to be tough, but besides legal.
State credibility is at stake
For Poles, the substance is very specific. Legal work means taxes and contributions, and the grey region means unfair competition against Polish workers and entrepreneurs. The impunity of the foreigner undermines trust in the state, but chaotic announcements of mass actions besides harm him.
We request clear data: how many foreigners live legally, how many work, how many return decisions have been made and why any of them stay unexecuted. Only on this basis can 1 build a policy serving safety and the Polish labour market. A serious state does not quit its border enforcement. He besides doesn't do deportations at a press conference.
Source: RMF24
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