Jobless Rate Dips To 15.7 Per Cent In Poland

Unemployment in Poland dipped to 15.7 per cent in July, from 16 per cent the previous month and from nearly 18 per cent in July 2005, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) said Thursday.

The percentage translated into 2.44 million Poles out of work in July.

The drop in unemployment comes as the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy reported some 660,000 Poles had gone to work in other European Union states since Poland joined the EU in May, 2004.

According to the ministry, a majority of those - some 322,000 - went to work in Germany, while the rest sought employment in Britain, Ireland and Italy.

Unofficial estimates by various Polish media put the figure of job migrants from Poland at over a million. The exodus of skilled labour is hitting the country's construction sector particularly hard.

The Labour Ministry expects unemployment to drop to around 15 per cent by the end of 2006
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