Polish Foreign Ministry: migration commercial and social problem

Zeze 9 | 79

11 Dec 2007 / #1

polskieradio.pl/thenews/business/?id=71443

Problems of Polish emigration are being addressed during a conference in the attendance of experts and organised in Warsaw by the "Wspólnota Polska" Association.

A report released by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs quotes as many as 1.5 million Poles who have emigrated for labour abroad.

Jan Borkowski, the vice-minister of foreign affairs, has commented, saying that work in the EU has its upsides, yet the emigration of specialist tradesmen and manual construction workers has meant that Poland is suffering from a lack of such a workforce.

The economy may have suffered, but families are also at risk, especially children, who may only see their parents once a month, but usually for extended periods of time in some cases.

Borkowski added that it is important for ex-pats to return home and work in Poland.

Additionally Janusz Grzyb, from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, insists that labour conditions are improving in the country. (jb)

1.5 million Poles who have emigrated for labour abroad.

that is it 1.5 and is not the Daily mail that say that is the Polish state

inkrakow

11 Dec 2007 / #2

hat is it 1.5 and is not the Daily mail that say that is the Polish state

not quite - it's AS MANY AS 1.5 million... so probably fewer

rex - | 37

11 Dec 2007 / #3

so probably fewer

yes 100 fewer then 1.5 million so 1.4900

happy now still hell lot of poles out there

Harry

11 Dec 2007 / #4

that is it 1.5 and is not the Daily mail that say that is the Polish state

Did it occur to you that the UK is not the entire world and that it is just possible that some of those 1.5 million Poles went somewhere other than the UK?

Anyway, Poland has still got a hell of a lot of catching up to do if it wants to match the UK with emigration. 5.5 million Brits live outside Britain. There are 1.3 million Brits in Australia alone!