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A survey carried out by the CBOS public opinion institute, between March 30 and April 2, 2007, found that 86% of Poles felt that EU membership had had a positive effect, with only 5% of the respondents speaking against it, down from 22 percent in 2004. The institute also found that 55% of those surveyed prefer the EU to remain a union of sovereign states, while 22% supported the idea of a "United States of Europe".[27] Principal areas of Polish life that have been improved by EU membership, are agriculture (according to 75% of those surveyed), the environment (61%), productivity (57%) and unemployment (56%).[28]
Among the ten new EU members, of which eight are Central or Eastern European, Poles are the most mobile, with considerable numbers of Polish migrants found in almost all ‘old’ EU countries, filling numerous vacancies on the European labour market, especially in areas where indigenous workforce is insufficient. According to Franck Duvell of Oxford, some countries, like Germany and Austria, missed on that opportunity by discriminating against mobile Europeans, granting them freedom of movement without freedom of employment, which resulted in the increase of numbers of illegal migrant workers there. “In fact, the EU accession process, and namely the Polish experience could possibly serve as a paradigm for easing some of Europe’s migration dilemma,” Duvell suggested.[29]
- , a b c Swiat Polonii, witryna Stowarzyszenia Wspólnota Polska: „Polacy za granica” (Polish people abroad as per summary by Swiat Polonii, internet portal of the Polish Association Wspólnota Polska)
- , Excel spreadsheet from Polish Central Statistical Office
- , Poles in US The American Community Survey 2004PDF (468 KiB) by the US Census Bureau estimates 9,385,233 people claiming Polish ancestry.
- , O número de integrantes das principais comunidades no Brasil que têm origem em países candidatos à União Européia
- , (German) Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund - Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2005 Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (German text about migrants in Germany) 886 KiBPDF.
- , List of Canadians by ethnicity
- , Poles in Belarus
- , Poles in Argentina
- , (English) Poles in the UK, Polish Express, source: government statistics.
, (Polish) According to Tomasz Ziemba from Polish Express online 1,020,000 Polish visitors in the UK logged into Polish chatroom Gadu–Gadu in January: Policzylo nas Gadu–Gadu
, (Polish) Tomasz Wybranowski, Korespondencja, Tygodnik Przeglad, 22.08.2007, onet.pl
, (English) Steve Doughty, Daily Mail, Office for National Statistics recorded the number of Poles who have travelled to the UK in 2006 at over 2,000,000. The number of those who stay exceeds 250,000.
- , Poles in Lithuania
- , Poles in AustraliaPDF (56.3 KiB)
- , Poles in Ukraine
- , Aftenposten.no: - 120.000 polakker i Norge (Innenriks)
- , Poles in Ireland
- , CIA World Factbook
- , http://wtd.vlada.cz/files/rvk/rnm/zprava_mensiny_2001_en.pdfPDF (1.41 MiB)
- , Poles in Italy
- , Poles in Mexico
- , [1]PDF (87.2 KiB)
- , Poles in NetherlandsPDF (162 KiB)
- , Poles in AustriaPDF
- , www.hagstofa.is
- , www.polonezkoy.com
- , Poles around the World (>polonia > statystyka)
- , NationMaster.com 2003-2008. People Statistics: Population (most recent) by country Accessed 2008-01-25
- , Gil Loescher, Beyond Charity: International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis, published by Oxford University Press US, 1993, 1996. ISBN 0195102940. Accessed 12-12-2007.
- , EU Business, 21 June 2007, Poles more pro-EU than ever: survey Accessed 12-06-2007.
- , EU Business, 02 May 2007, Three years after entering the EU, 86% of Poles are satisfied
- , Franck Duvell, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford, Poles in Europe - From Illegal Immigrants to Members of the European UnionPDF (22.3 KiB), accessed 12-06-2007.
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