{"id":2603,"date":"2011-12-29T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2011-12-29T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T23:59:41","slug":"amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty for illegal immigrants in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay and work in Poland under an amnesty unveiled today that highlights the country’s transformation into a regional economic powerhouse from communist-era basket case.<\/p>\n

Traditionally a country of emigration, Poland has become an increasingly attractive magnet for immigrants, especially from neighboring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine and Belarus, as it notches up high rates of economic growth.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Under the amnesty, economic migrants and unsuccessful asylum seekers will be able from January 1 to receive a resident card for two years that will allow them to work legally in Poland.\u00a0Legalizing the immigrants will benefit the Polish economy by turning them into taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The amnesty will apply to undocumented immigrants who arrived in Poland before December 20, 2007, and to asylum seekers who were denied refugee status before January 1, 2010, provided that they have continuously resided in Poland.\u00a0The idea is to reach the largest number of foreigners in order to regularize this situation in the widest possible manner.<\/p>\n

Most economic migrants entered Poland legally but overstayed their visas, officials say.<\/p>\n

More than two thirds of the illegal immigrants in Poland are believed to live in Warsaw and the surrounding Mazowsze region. Some 7,000 of these people probably fulfill the criteria of the amnesty.<\/p>\n

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Thousands of illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay and work in Poland under an amnesty unveiled today that highlights the country’s transformation into a regional economic powerhouse from communist-era basket case. Traditionally a country of emigration, Poland has become an increasingly attractive magnet for immigrants, especially from neighboring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine…<\/p>\n

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