The Telegraph: 100,000 Young Men Have Left Ukraine In Two Months
27- 30.10.2025, 15:41
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How many returned back to the country has not been reported.
Poland has recorded a mass departure of young men from Ukraine after Kiev passed a law allowing them to leave the country. Nearly 100,000 men aged 18 to 22 have left Ukraine for Poland in the past two months, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported Thursday, October 30, citing data from the Polish Border Guard Service.
1,600 young men
A total of about 45,300 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 entered Poland from January 2025 until the new legislation came into force at the end of August, according to Polish border guards. During the next two months, this figure amounted to 98,500 people, i.e. about 1,600 per day.
Since August 28, Ukrainian men aged 18-22 have been allowed to leave the country freely. Prior to that date, martial law, which has been in effect in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war unleashed by Russia, prohibited adult men under the age of 60 from leaving the country, with certain exceptions.
"The purpose of this step is, first of all, to provide young Ukrainians with more opportunities for education, internships, legal employment abroad, so that they can later use the gained experience for the development of Ukraine," Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote in Telegram.
More young Ukrainians
After the easing of the travel ban on Ukrainian men, the number of petitions for temporary protection in Germany from this group increased from about 100 to 1,000 per week, the German Interior Ministry said on October 15.
The total number of Ukrainian citizens seeking protection in Germany has also increased. According to the Interior Ministry, 7,961 people from Ukraine were distributed through the registration system in May 2025, 11,277 in August and 18,755 in September. Ukrainians are granted residence permits under Article 24 of the Residence Act, which entitles them to immediate access to the labor market and social benefits.
In late October, Bavarian Prime Minister and leader of Germany's ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) coalition Markus Söder (Markus Söder) called for restrictions on young Ukrainian men entering Germany. "It will help no one if more young men from Ukraine come to Germany instead of defending their homeland," the conservative politician told the Bild newspaper.
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