For the second week in a row, the flow of those entering Ukraine is roughly equal to the flow of those leaving the country, according to both the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the Polish Border Guard Service.
According to the data of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in Facebook, the flow to the exit from Ukraine increased from 252 thousand to 263 thousand people, while the flow to the entrance – from 256 thousand to 262 thousand people.
The number of transport means, crossing the western border of Ukraine, according to the department, in the 21st week of the year increased from 126 thousand to 128 thousand, and the number of vehicles with humanitarian cargoes, from 421 to 503.
Polish Border Guard Service for the last seven days recorded a small net outflow from Ukraine – 2.5 thousand people, whereas a week ago there was the same outflow.
According to the Polish Ministry, the number of people, entering from Ukraine to Poland increased from 164.8 thousand people to 167.2 thousand, whereas the flow back from Poland to Ukraine decreased from 167.3 thousand to 164.9 thousand people.
On the whole, since the beginning of the war, by May 26, 2023, 12,15 million people had arrived from Ukraine to Poland, while 10,35 million people went in the opposite direction.
As it was reported, since May 10, 2022, the outflow of refugees from Ukraine was replaced by an inflow, which lasted until September 23 and amounted to 409 thousand people.
However, from late September, probably under the influence of news about mobilization in Russia and “pseudo-referendums” in the occupied territories, and then massive shelling of the energy infrastructure, a net outflow was recorded. It temporarily stopped in the second half of December – early January for the period of holidays, but from the second week of January it resumed again and cumulatively since late September by the anniversary of the full-scale war reached 223 thousand people.
From that moment up to the present moment 105 thousand more people entered Ukraine than left.
As Deputy Minister of Economy Sergei Sobolev noted in early March, the return of every 100,000 Ukrainians home gives a 0.5% increase in GDP.
According to the UNHCR, the number of Ukrainians registered in Europe with temporary protection status or similar reached 5.14 million as of May 16, increasing by about 15,000 over the week.
