European governments should stop paying social benefits to Ukrainians of military age living in their countries. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski after a meeting in Kiev with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sibiga. It is reported by US News with reference to Reuters.
According to Sikorski, this will help Ukraine to increase the number of Armed Forces. In addition, the termination of social payments to Ukrainian male refugees will benefit the budgets of the host countries of Western Europe.
"Stop paying these social benefits for people who are subject to conscription Ukraine. There should be no financial incentives to avoid conscription. This (manual. — EADaily) it is not the right of a person to receive money in order to avoid being drafted into the army in order to protect his country. We are in We are not doing this in Poland," Sikorski said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga welcomed Sikorsky's appeal.
"The time has come to really raise the issue of the European Union developing programs for the return of Ukrainians to their homeland. Of course, appropriate conditions must be created for this. But it should be on the agenda. And I support the idea of Minister Sikorski," said Sibiga.
More than 4.1 million Ukrainians had the status of temporary protection in the countries The EU as of July this year and about 22% of them were adult men, according to Eurostat data.
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