Most Poles support deporting unemployed Ukrainian men
A majority of Poles believe Poland should deport Ukrainian men of draft age who are not legally employed in the country, according to a poll conducted by IBRiS for the newspaper Rzeczpospolita and presented on Aug. 12.
A recent poll revealed that the majority of Poles favor deporting Ukrainian men of draft age who are not legally employed in Poland, as reported by the Rzeczpospolita newspaper on August 12. The survey, conducted by IBRiS, found that 67.2% of respondents supported this idea, while 23.4% opposed it. Support for the proposal increased with age, with 80% of respondents aged around 50 favoring the measure, compared to 43% of those aged 18-29.
Additionally, religious respondents were more likely to back the deportation initiative than those who did not practice a religion. The poll, conducted on August 7-8, 2026, included over 1,000 participants following the Law and Justice (PiS) party's presentation of its migration policy. Jarosław Kaczyński's party proposed deporting Ukrainian men of draft age who are working illegally in Poland.
Ukrainian law sets the draft age for military service between 25 and 60. On August 11, opposition lawmaker Andrzej Śliwka suggested that unemployed Ukrainians in Poland could form at least a brigade for the war effort. Deputy Interior and Administration Minister Maciej Duszczyk previously dismissed the idea as "very unlikely," stating that Ukrainians in Poland who are not working represent only a small handful of people, possibly 5%.
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