More than 483 thousand people have valid residence permits in Poland. foreigners, most of all (more than 265 thousand. ) are citizens of Ukraine.

This was announced by the official representative of the Office for Foreigners Jakub Dudziak, Polish Radio reports..

According to the Office for Foreigners, today 483.5 thousand people have valid residence permits in Poland.. foreigners. The largest groups are citizens: Ukraine - 265.3 thousand. people, Belarus - 31.5 thousand. people and Germany - 20 thousand. human.

In the following places in terms of number were citizens: Russia - 12.7 thousand. people, Vietnam - 10.6 thousand. , India - 10.4 thousand. , Georgia - 8.6 thousand. , Italy - 8.5 thousand. and China - 6.7 thousand.

The vast majority of foreigners have temporary residence permits - this is already almost 300 thousand. human. Approximately 85 thousand.

foreigners have a permanent residence permit. Also 80 thousand people have registered residence in Poland.. citizens of the countries of the European Union.

According to Dudziak, most often young people settle in Poland: almost 275 thousand. foreigners with valid residence permits are persons aged 20-39.

Most foreigners choose to live in the Mazovian, Lesser Poland, Wielkopolskie and Lower Silesian Voivodeships, and least of all - шwietokrzyskie.