Citizens of Ukraine who file documents for the right to work in Poland, consider the obtained permission a ticket to a beautiful life. Only 30% of Ukrainians use Polish work visas for their intended purpose.

The rest simply disappear from the field of view of the employer and law enforcement bodies of the republic, just cross the Polish-Ukrainian border. "From 1 January 2018. Polish employers have submitted about 240 thousand. statements about the intention to hire a foreigner (mainly from Ukraine and a little from Belarus). But the work began less than 74 thousand. human. That is less than a third, "- says the publication Rzeczpospolita referring to the data of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy of Poland.

According to the authors of the article, such data indicate that the simplified procedure for obtaining labor visas, which Poland introduced in 2012. , is mainly used for obtaining Schengen visas and illegal employment in other EU countries. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Bartosz Ciococki said that in 2017. working in the Republic of Ukrainians transferred to their homeland more than 12 billion. zlotys. "This equals 3 or 4% of Ukraine's GDP," the Polish minister boasted of the successes of mutually beneficial cooperation.