This report provides an overview of the protection needs and risks faced by refugees from Ukraine coming to Poland after 24 February 2022. The data analysed was collected during the Protection Monitoring (PM) conducted by the IRC in February and March 2023. During this period, the Protection Monitoring Team of IRC Poland interviewed a total of 204 displaced people: 78 people in Warsaw, 80 people in Katowice, and 46 people in Poznan.

This report provides an overview of the protection needs and risks faced by refugees from Ukraine coming to Poland after February 24, 2022. The data analysed in this report was collected during the Protection Monitoring (PM) conducted by the IRC in April, May, and June 2023.

The Protection Monitoring Report is produced on a quarterly basis, representing the result of IRC Italy's endeavours to enhance its protection monitoring activities, aiming to systematically and regularly monitor the protection situation of people met and assisted. 

Amidst protracted conflict and economic challenges that have left the healthcare system on the verge of collapse, the IRC's EU-funded mobile medical teams provide respite to struggling displaced families.

Evacuated to Europe during the change in power in 2021, Ozair was lucky to be evacuated from Afghanistan to Italy during the change in power in 2021, but he was devastated to leave his family behind.

Thirty-seven year-old Varvara, inspired by the women working at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), firmly believes in the equality between boys and girls. As a father of two girls, his support for them is unwavering.