From June 1 to June 8, 13,683 people crossed the Shegini-Medica walking checkpoint in the Lviv region in the direction of Poland. This is 46.5% more than in the direction of Ukraine (7 325 people).

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" Sanitary and epidemiological procedures lengthen the time for inspection, "

According to her, from June 1, at this checkpoint, 1,500 to 2,000 people crossed the border to enter Poland daily. In the direction of Ukraine, in the same period, 300 - 1200 people crossed the border.

Pikor said that on Wednesday, June 3, and Saturday, June 6, there was a significant waiting time for the border crossing in the direction of Poland - up to 12 hours. She explained this by the large number of people who arrived at this time at the border, and the need to comply with the sanitary regime at the border.

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According to the Main Statistical Office of Poland, at the end of 2019 the territory of this country was more than 1.3 million citizens of Ukraine. With the onset of the coronavirus epidemic and the closure of borders, about 200 thousand returned to Ukraine. person. Today, there is a reverse process of returning to work in Poland.

According to the Polish Embassy, \u200b\u200bbecause of the coronavirus, only 5% of Ukrainians decided to return to their homeland, the rest chose to stay in Poland.