They're coming to Poland in droves. There are already thousands of them, and that's not the end.

• Of the over 1.21 million foreigners employed in Poland, as many as 797,000 are Ukrainian citizens.
• At the same time, the number of workers from other countries is growing, with the increase in the share of Colombians being particularly noticeable.
• Experts emphasize that migrants are now becoming a strategic resource of the Polish labor market, and not just a means of filling staff shortages.

Ukrainians constitute the largest group of foreigners employed in Poland. According to data from the Gremi Personal Analytical Center, of the 1,210,027 foreigners working in Poland, 797,990 are Ukrainian citizens.

At the same time, the number of citizens from countries other than Ukraine is growing rapidly. Colombian citizens have seen a more than three-fold increase in two years, we read.

In 2015, only 108 Colombians worked in Poland, while in 2023 their number increased to 5,200, and in 2025 it reached 16,389. In just two years, the participation of Colombians in the labor market has more than tripled.

Most Colombians are employed in the food sector and related industries:

• in fruit and vegetable processing plants,
• fish,
• milk,
• meat,
• from fruit processing to the production of ice cream and cakes.

Yuriy Grygorenko, director of the Gremi Personal Analytical Center, estimates that the dynamic growth in the number of Colombians on the Polish labor market is not only the result of the opening of migration channels - it is a clear sign that in a situation of chronic labor shortages, migrants are becoming a real strategic resource, and not just a temporary solution to fill staffing gaps.