How The Imigration Influences Poland

Demographics situation after World War II In general, immigration influences a country like Poland because Poland (and Iceland) are two of the most homogeneous countries in the world, made so post-World War II when Poland's borders were once again changed and ethnic Germans were expelled from western Poland and Jews murdered or emigrated out of Poland. So any post- World War II immigration in Poland influences the country by adding a virtually non existent minority population to the nation's demographics.

Imigration before 1989 During the Communist era Poland had immigrants coming in from the Non-Aligned countries, especially from Africa. They came to Poland to study in universities like Jagiellonian. That has decreased since the end of the 1980s when Poland went through economic transition to a market-based parliamentary democratic system.

Benefits of living in Poland Immigrants to Poland nowadays get the benefit of living in a stable EU country, of course it depends on where they immigrated from. Those immigrants from poorer non-EU countries influence commerce a bit, for example Chinese immigrants in Warsaw not just in restaurants but in the selling of their cheap goods.

Imigrants nowadays Since the 1990s Poland went from having practically zero Chinese food restaurants to a plenty of them in every Polish city and some towns. Immigrants from poorer countries also typically do jobs that citizens don't want to do, like domestic work, washing dishes in restaurants, driving taxis, etc.

Mental changes The main way immigrants influence Poland is by adding minorities it slightly increases the tolerance of Poles towards outsiders and adds some different cultural norms to the country.