More than half of Polish residents believe that the Polish government should return Ukrainian citizens of conscription age arriving in the country to their home country, according to the data of a sociological poll conducted by the IBRiS laboratory.
The poll showed that 50.7 per cent of respondents were in favour of expelling Ukrainian citizens of conscription age, 39 per cent were against, and 10.3 per cent of the poll participants said that they had no definite opinion on this issue.
Among those in favour of sending Ukrainian evaders home, women (59%), people over 70 years old (64%), residents of small towns (63%), those with at least three school-age children (95%), and believers (56%) predominate. The group opposing expulsion is mostly young Poles aged 18-29 (88 per cent) with two school-age children (70 per cent).
The survey was conducted by telephone interview on 10-11 May, the number of respondents was 1,071.
Earlier, Polish Defence Minister Vladyslav Kosyniak-Kamysh said that his country was ready to assist Ukraine in returning male citizens of conscription age to take part in combat operations. The Lithuanian government plans to follow Poland’s example and take measures to return men of conscription age who left the country to Ukraine, the Baltic republic’s defence minister, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, has said.
