European fatigue with Ukraine is growing and beginning to affect migrants and refugees who have left the country to escape the war. In Poland, a neighboring country and ally of Ukraine, where millions of Ukrainian citizens live, support for welcoming foreigners is reducing – with strong social pressure to cancel benefits for Ukrainians and, in some cases, even repatriate them to Ukraine.

A recent survey showed that about half of the Polish population is against the policy of aid to Ukrainian refugees. They consider these foreigners a problem for Polish social and economic stability and demand that the government cut all or some of the social benefits given to Ukrainians.

Currently, Ukrainian refugees in Poland have access to various social benefits guaranteed by special public policies for the integration of foreigners. These benefits include housing assistance, help in finding jobs, access to healthcare, and other basic social services. The initial objective was to prevent Ukrainians from becoming marginalized citizens in Polish society and to ensure that all refugees had access to reasonable living conditions in Poland. Initially, support for such........

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