In September, Poland granted international protection to 24 citizens of Belarus

According to the report from the Office for Foreigners, 21 people received refugee status, and three more received subsidiary protection status. International protection was denied to 52 citizens of Belarus, and the consideration of 12 cases was suspended, writes Reform.news.

In total, in September, the office reviewed 88 cases of Belarusian citizens.

Compared to August, the number of positive decisions decreased. There were 36 then, while the number of rejections remained at approximately the same level.

In July, only 14 Belarusians received international protection, while 82 people received negative decisions.

In June, positive decisions were made concerning 25 people, while international protection was denied to 52 citizens of Belarus.

Since the beginning of the year, the Office for Foreigners has made decisions on 1098 cases of Belarusian applicants seeking asylum. From January to September, 302 citizens of Belarus received refugee status, 380 people received subsidiary protection, 266 Belarusians were denied international protection, and the consideration of 150 cases was terminated.

As of October 1, the office continued to consider 3212 cases of Belarusians, including 2914 at the first instance and 289 at the second. In September, the number of cases at the first instance decreased by 40, while at the second, it increased by 31. The total number of cases of Belarusians being considered by the office did not change in September.

As of October 1, 129.83 thousand citizens of Belarus had documents entitling them to stay in Poland. In August, their number decreased by 1589 people. This may be due to the expiration of residence permits and lengthy processing procedures for them.

As of October 1, Belarusians in Poland had:

• 74,573 temporary residence permits;
• 41,152 permanent residence permits;
• 9,748 subsidiary protection statuses;
• 2,700 long-term EU resident statuses;
• 1,272 refugee statuses;
• 210 people were in the country under temporary protection;
• 176 people had other statuses (i.e., a total of 129,831 people).

In September, the Office for Foreigners issued 1868 positive decisions for temporary residence permits, 281 for permanent residence permits, and 108 for granting long-term EU resident status.

In September, the office denied temporary residence permits to 147 applicants from Belarus, permanent residence permits to 102, and long-term EU resident status to 17 citizens of Belarus.

Since the beginning of the year, 17,480 Belarusians have received temporary residence permits, 2,759 permanent ones, and 810 citizens of Belarus have received long-term EU resident status.

This year, the office also issued 5,680 Polish travel documents to citizens of Belarus. These can be obtained under a simplified procedure if the Belarusian passport expires and it is impossible to return to the homeland to replace it for various reasons.

The office forecasts that by the end of the year, the number of issued travel documents may exceed 7,500.

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