Poles sent PLN 16 billion in remittances in 2015

In 2015, Poles working abroad sent their families over PLN 16 billion, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) reported. Meanwhile, Ukrainians earned PLN 8.4 billion in Poland last year. The majority of Polish citizens were working in Germany (PLN 5.7 billion earned) and in Great Britain (PLN 4.5 billion). Currently, about 2.3 million Polish economic migrants are in the EU, whereas approximately 800,000 people (98 percent of which are Ukrainians) have chosen Poland as the country in which to work.