About three thousand Belarusians went to Ukraine

Up to 14,000 Belarusians have left for Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states since early September, authorities say.

Since the beginning of September, about 3,000 Belarusians have left for Ukraine, Aleksey Begun, head of the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, said on Wednesday, October 21, writes BelTA.

In addition, the Belarusians leave for Poland and the Baltic countries.

“There was the largest entry into the territory of Poland – about 10 thousand people. Latvia and Lithuania – much less. Figuratively speaking, no more than 500 people went to these two countries,” he said, noting that people do not return. , including, due to quarantine.

The broker is sure that for the most part it is labor migration.

“It is clear that the Ukrainians have provided certain preferences to IT specialists, the Poles still provide preferences in relation to Belarusian workers who are attracted to work in a simplified way and go to work,” he said.

At the same time, the official does not believe that the departure of the Belarusians caused protests in the country.

“Perhaps certain people who had set their goal for a long time to move to permanent residence in other countries, used this internal political crisis to apply for refugee status to the competent authorities in Lithuania or Poland, and very often created the so-called image of information to confirm that they are victims of their political opinions on the territory of Belarus, “says Begun.

He noted that the situation is not critical and does not cause serious damage to national security.

Earlier it was reported that more than a thousand IT specialists from Belarus moved to Ukraine.

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