15:00 20 May 2020
Poland more popular with foreign workers, shows data
The number of work permits issued to foreigners in Poland increased by over 38 percent year-on-year in 2019 and amounted to 444,700, Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on May 20. Work permits for foreigners are most often issued to Ukrainian citizens (over 74.3 percent) and they concerned mostly the Mazowieckie region. In 2019, the largest number of permits after the Mazowieckie region (19.4 percent) was issued in the Wielkopolskie province (11 percent).
Taking into account the number of work permits issued according to the occupation, data shows that in 2019 in Poland the biggest group comprised industrial workers and craftsmen (38.7 percent of the total number of work permits issued).
(ISBnews)
