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Who really does the manual work in Poland? More than half of workers are immigrants

date2025-07-15

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In some sectors in Poland, immigrants already make up more than half of the workforce. They dominate cleaning and security, hotel and guesthouse service, catering, childcare and elderly care, play a key role in transport, trade and construction, and also in industry and fruit picking. Filipinos and Colombians are replacing Ukrainians. There are no Poles willing to do these jobs.

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