77 percent working refugees from Ukraine are vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the study “Refugees from Ukraine – professional activation in Poland and Germany” carried out by the EWL Migration Platform and the East European Study of the University of Warsaw.
According to the report published on Monday, the vast majority of respondents working in Poland and Germany, as much as 77 percent. declares that she was vaccinated against COVID-19.
In addition, the willingness to vaccinate in Germany is declared by 13 percent. respondents, while in Poland – 4 percent. There were 13 percent of unvaccinated respondents who did not plan to vaccinate in Poland, and 4 percent in Germany. In both surveyed countries, 6 percent. refused to answer that question.
Compared to the research from 2021 (Cross-Border Mobility Report), the percentage of vaccinated Ukrainian citizens working in Poland has increased significantly. In December 2021, it was 42 percent. The difference is the selection of the research sample – only working refugees participated in the current survey.
“If we look more closely at the emigration of Ukrainians to Poland or to Germany, we can consider whether this does not pose any greater threat in connection with the COVID pandemic,” said Karolina Klages from the EWL Migration Platform at a press conference in Warsaw.
“This does not pose any epidemic threat. Because this level of vaccination is, for example, higher than the average level in Poland, so more or less this is also due to the rules governing compulsory vaccination in workplaces. As we know, in Germany they are more stringent and followed than in Poland “- emphasized Anatoliy Zymnin, spokesman for EWL Group.
The sociological research was conducted in July 2022 by the EWL Migration Platform and the East European Study of the University of Warsaw in Poland and Germany. A total of 800 Ukrainian citizens who came to Poland and Germany after February 24, 2022 and took up employment in these countries were examined (PAP)
