More than 190,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2021, most of them coming from Syria and Afghanistan, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported yesterday. The number of asylum applications filed in Germany was the highest since 2017.more
The chairman of the Solidaritet trade union, Artur Kubik, believes that Poles leave Norway not only because of cultural differences and the high cost of living, but also because of their disappointment with the social paradise that this country seems to be. As Kubik points out, the departures are also influenced by the decline in unemployment in Poland.more
During the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal, the number of foreign residents increased. At the end of 2021, over 771,000 people had the right to live in this country. foreigners.more
A record number of migrants arrived in Britain across the Channel in 2021: at least 28,300 people, three times as many as the previous year, according to British Home Office figures cited today by the Associated Press.more
The UK government on Friday announced it is extending a temporary visa scheme for foreign seasonal workers until the end of 2024, while it will gradually reduce the quota from 2023.
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Poles are packing up and returning from Norway to the country, not only due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The reason is the increase in wages in Poland and the decline in the value of the Norwegian currency. The Norwegian construction and shipbuilding industry is short of employees, alarms NRK TV.more
Asylum claims in Germany rose by a third in the first nine months of the year, as migration to Europe resumed following last year's COVID lockdowns.more
In the Polish district of Chicago, commonly known as Jackow, instead of Polish confectioneries, souvenir shops from Poland or travel agencies, tattoo studios, pet shops and popular clubs are now being opened like mushrooms after the rain. more
According to the data of the Belgian statistical office, Statbel, mothers of 23 percent children born in 2020 have Belgian nationality but were themselves born abroad. Another 25 percent are children of women who were not born in Belgium and do not have Belgian citizenship.more
More than half of Poles declare that they are ready to accept a refugee or migrant on Christmas Eve, according to the IBRiS survey for Rzeczpospolita.more
According to the latest Airbnb report, 38 percent. of people declare that they would rather abandon their current position than return to a stationary mode of work, at the same time one third of the respondents indicated that they are planning to move to another city and work. Which places in the world are therefore the most and the least favorable for foreigners?more
Another 100 illegal immigrants made it to Great Britain on Friday despite the very low temperatures in the English Channel, with at least 30 people crossing without even wearing life jackets, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.more
The ban on work for asylum seekers in the UK should be lifted, the government’s migration advisory body has said, one week after the Home Office concluded that the policy should remain.more
Migrants pelted a Polish military vehicle with stones on the Polish-Belarusian border near Mielnik in Podlasie yesterday, while soldiers were also attacked with lasers, the Ministry of Defence said on Twitter and published a video.more
The Dutch government has started to designate municipalities that will be obliged to take in refugees. One of these is Gorinchem in the south of the country, which is to organise a shelter in the building of the former tax office.more
Fifteen European Union member states have agreed to take in a total of 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan, most of whom will go to Germany, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Ylva Johansson announced yesterday.more
In the Canary Islands, where there are already around 2 000 immigrant minors who have entered the Spanish archipelago illegally, protests by local residents are growing. The demonstrations are a form of expression of opposition to the crimes increasingly committed by the young arrivals.more
France yesterday rejected the idea of setting up joint British-French patrols in the English Channel to combat illegal migration. French Prime Minister Jean Castex informed the head of the British government, Boris Johnson about it.more
A man aged 24–34, with primary or basic education, who lives in a rural area or in a small town in the east of the country. This is how the profile of a Pole who is interested in economic emigration can be defined on the basis of the Gi Group employment agency survey - reports "Rzeczpospolita".more
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that Paris was ready to engage in talks with Great Britain about illegal migration if London took the issue seriously. He also announced that he would travel to Poland and Slovenia for talks on migration.more
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced yesterday that his country is ready to engage in a serious discussion with the UK government about illegal migration. He stressed, however, that Paris did not intend to be a hostage of the internal policy of British authorities.more
The EU "turns its nose" at Poland because of the conditions on the border with Belarus. What about the dead in the English Channel? It is hypocritical to judge Poland for the way it fends off migrants brought in by Lukashenka, Josef Kelnberger states in the "Suedeutsche Zeitung" in his text entitled "Hippocrites".more
Yesterday evening, foreigners tried to cross the border near the town of Grudki near Bialowieza. They threw footbridges on barbed wire barriers, informed the Podlasie police.more
