Over 50,000 legal immigrants more in 2014

As many as 175,000 foreigners legalized their stay in Poland in 2014, by over 50,000 more than a year before, reported Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily citing Poland's Office for Foreigners (UDSC). Majority of the immigrants are Ukrainians, coming to Poland for economic and political purposes, Witold Klaus, a sociologist pointed out. Ukrainians more often applied for refugee status (less than 200 applications in 2013, nearly 2,5000 in 2014) and for residence permit.