Poland issues most permits of stay for immigrants in EU
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In 2017, the Polish authorities issued the highest number of residence permits for immigrants among all EU countries. There were almost 700,000 of them, according to Eurostat data. Most of the permits were granted to Ukrainians for various reasons such as work, family or studies. Belarussians are in the second place, and Moldovan citizens are on the third.
In Poland, 87 percent of issued permits were for work purposes (highest in the entire EU). The situation is similar to Lithuania with 74 percent of permits granted for work reasons and Croatia (72 percent).
