More and more foreigners come to work in Poland

According to the data of the Office for Foreigners, in 2021 there were approx. 38 percent more of them than in 2020. In turn, comparing last year's data with those from 2019, you can see an increase of 42 percent. The vast majority of the above-mentioned concerned citizens of Ukraine. They are followed by Belarusians and Georgians. Most permits were issued in the voivodeship Mazowieckie, Małopolskie and Wielkopolskie, and the least – in Świętokrzyskie.

According to the UdSC data, as many as 198,000 foreigners received a temporary residence permit in Poland in 2021. In 2020, this group numbered 144,000 people, and in 2019 – 139,000. As emphasized by Janina Owczarek from IOM Polska (International Organization for Migration), the growing number of foreigners is determined, among others, by the situation in our labor market. The economy is developing and employers have problems finding employees with appropriate qualifications among Poles. Therefore, they are more and more often interested in employing citizens of other countries.

"If it were not for the pandemic, the increase in the number of temporary residence permits issued in Poland would have been even greater. In 2020, we had to deal with a significant restriction of the entry possibilities for many foreigners. Therefore, when the restrictions were smaller at the end of 2020 and in 2021, there were more applicants," Michał Wysłocki, BCC expert for the legalization of stay and work of foreigners in Poland, added.

(Monday News)