Number of Poles living abroad decreased in 2018

In 2018, there were about 2.5 million Polish residents who temporarily live abroad, which is by 3 percent less than in 2017, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The decrease in the number of emigrants occurred for the first time in eight years. GUS attributes this to " the good situation on the Polish labor market, including low unemployment, and also - in the case of Great Britain - the uncertainty associated with Brexit".

Among the EU countries, the largest number of Polish emigrants last year lived in Germany (706,000), Great Britain (695,000), the Netherlands (123,000) and Ireland (113,000).

(PAP)