Work Service report: fewer Poles want to emigrate to the UK

A recently released study by the staffing and recruitment firm Work Service indicated that, presently only 14 percent of Polish citizens were considering moving to the UK to improve their job prospects. The figure represented a decrease of 16 percent when compared with the number of Poles who wanted to re-settle abroad in 2015. Krzysztof Inglot, the chair for the upcoming Social Dialogue Committee (to be held on November 21st in Poland) stated. “It is the lowest score for the United Kingdom in the history of our research. the impact of such a situation may be the decision of Great Britain to leave the European Union and the related uncertainty about the fate of Poles working (in the UK).” The information comes in spite of average wages in Poland continuing to lag far behind those in Great Britain. According to a report in the Irish Examiner, a Polish employee who receives GBP 25 per hour would receive only GBP 8.50 for the same work in Poland. The British government estimates that, currently, 984,000 Polish nationals live in the UK.