Spain and Poland close to agreement on opening door to Spanish labor market
Warsaw gave its approval yesterday of an initial agreement clearing the way
for Poles to legally work in Spain. The agreement, which should be signed in
Madrid in mid-March, aims primarily at filling blue collar positions in
Spain. Spanish immigration official Enrique Fernandez-Miranda y Lozana said
that under the agreement Polish workers would earn on average about $600
monthly, or the same amount as Spanish nationals in similar positions.
Currently, there are approximately10,000 Poles living in Spain, of which
8,500 are legally employed. The new agreement should also make it possible
for the remaining 1,500 Poles working illegally to gain permission to work
in the country. Poland currently has similar agreements with France and
Germany, allowing roughly 200,000 Poles yearly to be legally employed in
those countries. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A4) A.D.
