Current problems of Europe

Great Britain: Polish migration scale and specifics after the European Union enlargement of 2004

Кондратьева Т.С.

Kondratyeva T.S. – Senior researcher, INION, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The Polish migrants status in Great Britain during 2004–2014 is in the focus of the analysis. As well as the reasons to emigrate from Poland, the modification of Polish economy after the country’s accession to the EU, the global economic crisis impact on the Polish migration scale are examined.

Keywords

Great Britain, Polish migration, labour market, social benefits, occupation, unemployment, wages.

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