Why Polish emigration is bad for Europe but good for Poland

Huge numbers of Poles are emigrating to Western Europe in search of work and better opportunities that exist in Poland. There are any number of benefits to Poland that result from this emigration.

There is no accurate count of the number of Polish people who have emigrated but the numbers are large enough that the United Kingdom is starting to voice alarm about the negative effects of immigrants on their country.But Poland has been silent on the matter probably because of the way it is benefiting Poland.

It is widely acknowledged that Poland has been exporting its unemployed and that because of the number of emigrants that have left the country, Polish unemployment has gone down.

With lower unemployment there is less competition for jobs so this makes those who are actually looking for work in Poland happier. At the same time the Polish Government is able to use the lower unemployment figures to show that its policies are having a positive effect on the Polish economy.

The net result is that more of the Polish people are happy with the way the Polish government is running the country.

Many troublemakers and criminals have left Poland for Western Europe. The crime rate in Polish cities is down.

The Polish police are happy because they have fewer problems with these people gone and they can spend their time on other matters. With the police free to look at other matters instead of chasing these common criminals, the general public becomes more satisfied with the responsiveness of the police to things that concern them.

And because there is less crime there is less pressure on the Polish courts and on the Polish prison system. This translates into lower expenses for the government.

The Polish government can point to lower crime rates during the period of their reign. They can truly say that there has been an improvement in Law and Order in Poland.

In some areas of Poland there is a housing shortage and the prices for housing are rising dramatically.

Once again Polish emigration is helping. By exporting Poles to the West there are fewer people who will be available to buy houses and that will take pressure off the housing market.

The housing shortage is partially due to the lack of government action to make the process of land acquisition and the obtaining of building permits easier for developers. With less of a demand for housing there is less pressure on the government to take action to make it easier to build flats.

Western Europeans are also helping the government by buying those flats that they can find available. The demand by these European investors has increased the price of housing in Poland. And the money that they pay for these flats is foreign money that is invested in Poland.

First the Polish government can point to increased foreign investment in Poland.

Also, the developers get higher profits and the government gets more tax revenue.

People who leave Poland to work either permanently and those who commute from Poland to a foreign country to work bring money back into Poland. That money is used to buy goods in Poland. Such purchaes increase the taxes paid to the government by the retailers. So the more people that Poland can encourage to commute to work between a Western country and Poland not only reduces the number of unemployed but also brings more money back into the country to be spent in the country.

So as long as the emigration continues unabated Poland will continue to export its criminals to reduce crime rates and import capital from the West that will be used to stimulate the economy and increase tax revenues. The overall effect will be to enable the government to better promote its policies by showing how the country is benefiting under its rule.

There may be a talent drain as Poles leave Poland, but the benefit to the economy and to the Government may be such that the Government has no interest in changing the situation. In fact the Government may be interested in encouraging it as it promotes the self interst of Poland.

Source:masterpage.com.pl