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Polish migrants return home to a changed country
Poland’s GDP per capita has more than tripled since 2004, prompting tens of thousands to return despite challenges like reintegration and skill transfer difficulties.
- Poland is seeing a reversal of long-running emigration as tens of thousands who left after 2004 plan to return, drawn by new opportunities in Poland as the world's 20th largest economy with tripled GDP per capita.
- Heavy public investment in infrastructure, transportation and defence by the Polish government helped create jobs, while economic drivers versus living-cost pressures abroad encourage returns, the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw found.
- Many returnees encounter administrative and workplace barriers, and Magdalena Gawronska said, "Many of the skills and qualifications migrants acquired abroad cannot be directly applied upon return, even in centres like Warsaw"; the government information website and planned helpline aim to assist returning Poles facing these challenges.
- Researchers call the shift an exceptional break from Poland's postwar pattern as a country of emigration, with Marcin Klucznik saying it closes a chapter of worker export and signals labour-market impacts.
- Personal and family choices continue to shape who returns and who stays abroad, as Monika Pudlik prepares to move within two years while Radek H. says, `Poles still emigrate`.
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New opportunities ahead: Polish migrants return home to a changed country
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