%0 Journal Article
%T Immigrants on the regional labor market: experiences of foreigners and the scale of the phenomenon in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship
%A Adamczyk, Anita
%A Bartłomiejski, Robert
%A Kowalewska, Dorota
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2019 (XLV)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.19.019.10845
%N Vol. 2 (172)
%P 161-184
%K West Pomeranian voivodship, economic immigrants, migration trends, employment of foreigners
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/imigranci-na-regionalnym-rynku-pracy-doswiadczenia-cudzoziemcow-i-skala-zjawiska-w-wojewodztwie-zachodniopomorskim
%X 
	The aim of the article is to analyze the situation of economic immigrants on the West Pomeranian labor market. The data on immigration to Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship is related to the characteristics of the regional labor market. The authors refer to data from interviews with migrants and experts. On this basis, the analysis of the families and economic and social situation of economic immigration was made. The collected data indicate that the vast majority of economic migrants in the West Pomeranian Voivodship were Ukrainians. Their arrival in the West Pomeranian region was related with relatively high wages, and with the linguistic and cultural proximity of Poland (pull factors). The research shows that at the moment we are dealing with phenomena which are typical of first wave immigration in the West Pomeranian Voivodship. This stage is characterized by a more frequent change of place of employment, longer working hours and, among other, a smaller number of contacts between immigrants.