Poland's economy is booming at 4% at the moment, and this year they are taking in 250,000 immigrants to cope with their shortage of labour.
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Poland's economy is booming at 4% at the moment, and this year they are taking in 250,000 immigrants to cope with their shortage of labour.
Well that's the thing though... We are taking hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. Do you think that if their country was recovering and booming they'd leave it just to slave away in Poland? I don't really agree with saying that UK should look to Ukraine as an example. Definitely not.
Especially considering that a lot of em work around my town and so I talk with em sometimes. Believe me, they wouldn't agree with anyone saying that Ukraine is booming'. When an architect that formerly had his own company in big city is coming to my small town just to slave away with a shovel is showing something.
Also mind the fact that it's not 'shortage of labour' per se, it's just that our unemployment rate got quite low, so now the employers have two choices - rise the wages and fight for the employee, or bring in immigrants from Ukraine that will work for the old wage or even lower. While profesions that require some skills and knowledge may not choose the second option, low entry jobs use it all the time.
Interesting insights & views @grski - Perhaps the UK should look to the Norway model instead:
https://steemit.com/politics/@mindhunter/could-tweaking-norway-s-business-friendly-model-prove-to-be-the-solution-to-brexit
Free trade is the way to go.
God bless Norway! And Poland too ... might be back to Krakow and Zakopane for a month in September?? The best month of the year in Polska! Are you going to the next Poland Steemit meetup in Warsawa??
Yes I am going. September is definitely one of the best months of the year ;)
Cool ... I'll be lookin' out for ya in the pics @grski :D