Around 3% of the population working abroad

That amounts to 5% of the active work force. According to ECAS, Great Britain is not the main destination for Poles seeking work, but rather Germany. Roughly 500,000 Poles have found employment in Germany and half of this amount in the UK. According to experts, immigration is especially appealing to those between the ages of 25 and 34 who are looking for a higher salary. The report stressed that Poles are recognized as hard working, motivated and ready to accept jobs which are not wanted by those residing in the country of their destination. The report's authors complain, however, that this opinion remains unnoticed in the West, which is mostly getting excited about rough numbers without paying attention to the fact that Poland's population amounts to almost half of the total number of citizens of all new EU member states. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1) M.M.