Europe is opening up to workers from beyond Europe

Poland open its doors to workers from outside Europe, notes the journalist Ram Etwareera. "Last month, Anna Kalata, Minister of Employment, signed a Memorandum in New Delhi on the recruitment of Indian workers. This is a spectacular reversal of situation. Since its EU accession, Poland has exported between one and two millions of its nationals, mainly to Great Britain, Ireland and Germany. From now on ... the country faces a shortage in its qualified and non-qualified workforce. ... According to Jean Philippe Chauzy, Spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration [IOM] based in Geneva, European countries will be competing a lot to appeal to a workforce from beyond Europe: 'They need to make themselves as attractive as possible to compete with traditional immigration destinations like Australia or Canada, which offer seductive conditions that attract professionals.'"

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