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Migrants work legally on PKN Orlen expansion employer says

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Foreigners working on the construction of the Olefiny III complex at the petroleum company PKN Orlen's plant in Plock central Poland are not illegal immigrants but contract workers, their employer has said.

Growing number of non-EU doctors granted work permits in Poland

Over 3,000 non-EU physicians have already been granted the right to work as doctors in Poland, with the majority coming from war-torn Ukraine, the Polish health minister has said.

Polish firms employ 185,000 Ukrainians under simplified procedure

As many as 185,000 Ukrainians have been employed under a simplified procedure that Poland introduced to help them find work, the Ministry of Family and Labour has said.

Poland issues 24 pct more foreigner work permits in 2021

Poland issued 504,200 work permits for foreigners in 2021, a 24 percent rise compared to the year before, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.

Number of work permits for foreigners up 30 times since 2004

Over 400,000 work permits were issued for foreigners in Poland in 2020, 10 times more than in 2010 and 30 times more than in 2004, when Poland joined the European Union, research has found.

More work permits issued to foreigners in H2 - Labour Ministry

A total of 227,440 work permits were issued to foreigners in Poland during the second half of 2019, up from 217,300 in the first six month of the year, the Family, Labour and Social Policy Ministry reported on Friday.

More work permits issued to foreigners in H1 - stats office

In the first half of 2019, a total of 217,300 work permits were issued to foreigners in Poland, up from 147,980 in the first six months of 2018, the country's statistical office GUS said on Monday.

Work permits for foreign workers hits record high

In 2018, Poland issued 328,768 work permits, 40 percent more than the previous year and almost five times more than in 2015, according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS).

Ever more foreigners want to work in Poland

Some 235,600 work permit were issued last year to foreigners in Poland, with the number expected to be higher this year. The figure is almost twice that of 2016 with 81.7 percent of permits going to Ukrainians.

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Released by the Warsaw Rising Museum, and compiled in collaboration with the Jewish Historical Institute, the book ‘W obliczu Zagłady’ (‘In the Face of the Holocaust’) begins by showing pictures taken not just before the Ghetto Wall was erected, but before Jews were even required to wear identifying armbands

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