“In the long term, Ukraine wants the refugees to return. The sooner this happens, the better. However, some of the refugees may stay for a long period and this will be positive for Europe, because in the medium term Europe lacks labor “, – he said.
According to him, Poland accepts a significant number of refugees – three million of the five million who left Ukraine. The costs for the Polish budget will be estimated at 0.5 to 1% of GDP. This is a lot.
“However, Poland welcomes refugees and we understand the European solidarity, the solidarity of many European countries when it comes to helping Ukrainian refugees. Still, there is an impact on the budget and we know that there is pressure on the housing market, but there is a significant desire to help and therefore we We believe that the first phase was carried out very successfully,” he added.
Earlier this week, the IMF projected that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, economic growth in 19 countries using the euro in 2022 will be 2.8%, 1.1 percentage points below the forecast in January.
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