The largest center in Poland for refugees from Ukraine, located in the Ptak Expo shopping center in Nadarzyn, near Warsaw, was closed. The newspaper reports Wyborcza.
According to media reports, the decision to close the center was made by Tobias Bochensky. There was “no point” in maintaining such a large center, Bochensky’s spokesperson, Dagmar Zalevsky, told reporters.
According to Wyborcza, about 300 refugees from Ukraine were living in the center at the time of the shutdown, the authorities did not warn them of the plans, as a result of which some were forced to return to their homeland.
One of the center’s staff told the publication that the whereabouts of the remaining refugees is unknown. At the same time, press spokesperson for the city office Monika Boyt said that she was surprised by the Warsaw government’s decision to close the center, and that there was no agreement with her on this issue.
Pavel Shefernaker, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of Poland, at the end of August declarationIt was stated that Poland received 200 million euros from the European Union to help refugees from Ukraine, so “very little”.
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