In Poland, there are 22 million people of working age, with 17 million of them in employment. Of this group, just over a million of these are immigrants. Unfortunately, the number of people of working age will decline from 22 million to less than 14 million over the next 35 years. This in turn means that every year, Poland will lose a thousand people a day from the labor market, and this gap will need to be filled. The majority will be people without higher education – not experts, but individuals performing simpler tasks, such as warehouse or production line work. A demographic tsunami is poised to hit these areas, and steps should be taken now to avoid the consequences of this situation in the future. In Poland, in the 55-65 age group, fewer than 17% of people have higher education. In the less numerous generation entering the labor market – aged 25-35 – 43% of people already have higher education. Poland is thus a unique country on a global scale in terms of the continuous increase in the number of people with higher education.
“More and more educated Poles are emerging, but demographic problems are hitting people who do not have higher education. This is a forecast, this will be the future,” Kamil Sobolewski, chief economist for Employers of the Republic of Poland (Pracodawcy RP), told eNewsroom.pl service.
“We remember what it was like 20 years ago when unemployment in Poland was 20% and there were regions where every third person looking for work couldn’t find it. Imagine what it will be like in 20 years. Therefore, immigration is needed for economic reasons, to maintain comfort and standard of living – but it is also needed for a variety of other social reasons. If there is no immigration, then the improvement of welfare in Poland will come to a standstill – large social groups will appear, for example seniors, who will have an increasingly lower standard of living, frustrations in society will arise, along with populist political choices and a weakening of security. Problems with internal security may arise – because a frustrated, impoverished, irritated society is more susceptible to hybrid attacks. Therefore, let’s extinguish the demographic crisis – let’s extinguish this fire before it ignites, and not only when it covers the whole country, because it will then be much harder, ” warns Kamil Sobolewski.
Source: https://managerplus.pl/starzejace-sie-spoleczenstwo-i-brak-wykwalifikowanych-pracownikow-polska-potrzebuje-imigrantow-by-uniknac-kryzysu-21077
