Nicholas
02-09-2006, 07:10 PM
Poland is easing restrictions on workers from Eastern Europe and Turkey to fill labour gaps, following massive Polish migration to Western Europe.
Under a new directive, Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian farm workers will no longer require work permits for seasonal jobs of up to three months.
The rules for Turkish workers will also be relaxed.
Poland has had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union: 15.7%.
More than one million Poles have left to work in Western Europe, including an estimated 400,000 in Britain, where wages are much higher, since Poland became an EU member in 2004
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5301186.stm
Under a new directive, Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian farm workers will no longer require work permits for seasonal jobs of up to three months.
The rules for Turkish workers will also be relaxed.
Poland has had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union: 15.7%.
More than one million Poles have left to work in Western Europe, including an estimated 400,000 in Britain, where wages are much higher, since Poland became an EU member in 2004
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5301186.stm