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Polish immigrants not planning to flock home

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Nick Hodge 28.04.2015 09:53
Research carried out by the National Bank of Poland (NBP) indicates that many Poles who emigrated to other European countries in recent years have no intention of returning for good.
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The NBP quizzed about 5000 Poles who moved to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and Holland.

In the UK, which saw the largest influx of Polish immigrants following Poland's accession to the EU in 2004, 54 percent of respondents want to stay, according to the survey.

In 2012, 45 percent said they wanted to remain in the UK. On average, respondents in Britain have already been based there for 9 years.

Meanwhile, 34 percent of Polish immigrants to Ireland want to stay, while 40 percent want to remain in Germany, and 34 percent in Holland, the latter two representing a slight drop since 2012 from 42 percent and 37 percent.

''Talk of mass returns is not legitimate,'' the NBP's Józef Sobota told Puls Biznesu.

''And even if returns do occur they will be on a much smaller scale than expected; immigrants are bringing over family members [to their newly adopted countries] or starting families there,'' he added. (nh)

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