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Current EU regulations guarantee protection for Ukrainian citizens until 4 March 2027. However, in July this year, the European Commission proposed to start planning its gradual phasing out. In recent weeks, the EU Council has indicated that the phasing out of temporary protection should be based on Ukrainian citizens obtaining national residence permits reflecting their new purpose of stay or voluntarily returning to Ukraine.
The Interior Ministry has announced that border traffic between Poland and Belarus will be completely suspended from 12 September 2025. This means that all border crossings - road, rail, and pedestrian, will be closed until further notice.
On 7 August 2025, the Government Legislation Centre published the Minister of Family Labour and Social Policy draft regulation of 4 August 2025 on countries whose citizens may be covered by declarations on entrusting work to foreigners and certain provisions of the Act of 20 March 2025 on the conditions for permissibility of entrusting work to foreigners.
In connection with the war in Ukraine and the massive influx of its population to Poland, the so-called Ukrainian special law introduced a provision temporarily limiting deadlines in cases concerning legalisation of residence in Poland. According to the current wording of art. 100d of the Ukraine special law, in the period until 30 September 2025, the course of deadlines for handling cases concerning temporary residence permits, permanent residence permits, and long-term EU residents does not start, and the one started is suspended for this period.
From July 7, 2025, the Polish government has reinstated temporary border controls at the internal borders of the Schengen area with Germany and Lithuania. According to the authorities, the aim of this decision is to strengthen state security and prevent the uncontrolled flow of migrants.
The start of June saw the entry into force of the Act on the Conditions Permitting Foreigners to Work in the Republic of Poland, dated 20 March 2025. The Act requires employers to provide the Ministry with copies of contracts that have been concluded with any foreigners, before such persons may be allowed to work based on a declaration assigning work to them or a seasonal work permit.