poland has a small immigrant population. there were about 92,574 residence-card holders at the end...
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Poland has a small immigrant population.There were about 92,574 residence-card holders at the end of 2011
Immigrants from outside the European Union generally do not view Poland as an attractive destination becase the Polish economy and high level of unemploymant do not need large numbers of new workers. In fact , many migrants from Eastern Europe and Asia still consider Poland as a transit country or a gateway to the West.What is more, the government has made immigrattion to Poland difficult.
IMMIGRATION TO POLAND
Emigration in general
Emigration appears to be one of the most burning problems in Poland after entering the European Union in 2004. Based on data gathered by immigration offices up to 2.5 million of Polish people have already emigrated to other countries.
Reasons of emigration
Most common reasons for Polish people to emigrate are following:
No job opportunities in Poland
Better financial perspectives abroad
Gaining experience Training linguistic
skills
Emigrants’ occupations
Most of Polish emigrants are employed in such branches as heavy industry, gastronomy, healthcare and hotel industry.
Emigrants’ aspirations
It seems to be a serious problem that Polish emigrants are mostly employed on posts inadequate to their possibilities and education. Only 15% of them seek and find jobs that could fit their skills or qualifications.
Countries of Polish emigrants’stay
Countries of the emigrants’ stay
Number of Polish emigrants (thousands)
2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Great Britain
580 690 650 595 580 601
Germany 450 490 490 465 440 437
Ireland 120 200 180 140 133 131
Italy 85 87 88 88 92 94
Spain 44 80 83 84 48 45
France 49 55 56 60 60 62