%0 Journal Article
%T Najnowsza migracja z Hiszpanii do Polski w perspektywie komunikacji międzykulturowej
%A Matyja, Aleksandra
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2022 (XLVIII)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.22.005.15300
%N Vol. 1 (183)
%P 223-244
%K Polish-Spanish relations, migrants from Spain in Poland, migration from Spain to Poland
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/najnowsza-migracja-z-hiszpanii-do-polski-w-perspektywie-komunikacji-miedzykulturowej
%X 
	The aim of this paper is to present the results of a study on the migration of Spaniards to Poland, a new and poorly researched phenomenon. Unexpectedly, the Spaniards became the third largest group of foreigners from the European Union living in Poland, which was the reason for conducting in-depth interviews with its representatives. Particularly important was the issue of motivation to choose this very destination of migration, as well as the role of the respondents’ earlier perceptions of Poland and Poles in making this decision. The process of updating these perceptions while staying in a new cultural environment was also analyzed, thus adopting the perspective appropriate to the study of intercultural communication. The study showed that Spaniards migrating to Poland are young people with higher education who decide to change their country of residence in order to find a stable job (a goal that in Spain appears almost unattainable to them). The decision-making process to move to a country that can offer attractive opportunities on the labor market is accompanied by numerous negative components of the image of Poland in Spain (including poverty, underdevelopment), which are gradually updated during a stay in a new country.