Nearly 40,000 Trying of the Border: Statistics of Departure Men Agired 18-22 in Poland

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From August 28 to September 19, 2025 Almost 53 thousand inspections of men, citizens of Ukraine, 18-22 years old, of which were registered on the Ukrainian-Polish border, of which Almost 40 thousand – at the entrance to Poland, and more than 13 thousand – on the exit.

This is stated in the response of the border service of Poland (Straż Graniczna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) on the information request of “Ukrainian Truth. Life”.

Whether in all 53 thousand cases it was possible to cross the border, the service was not answered.

Border Service stresses that these numbers reflect Number of inspections, and Not the number of people.

“We inform that the Border Service has statistics related to the number of border crossings (border traffic within the inspections), and not with the number of persons who entered” on “or left” from the “territory of the Republic of Poland”, – the border guards said.

At the same time, the Border Service of Poland did not provide information on how many men in this age category were refused crossing the border.

Recall that at the end of August the government allowed Departure abroad for men aged 18 to 22 years. This is the norm She worked August 28.

Since then until September 3, about 10,000 Ukrainian men They left to Poland after the resolution was introduced.

To cross the border men in this age category need to have Passport and military accounting document in paper or electronic form.

Earlier in the State Border Service of Ukraine notedthat did not record a significant increase in the passenger traffic from the country after this norm has worked.