Immigration Timeline

  • Ukraine

    Ukraine
  • Sweden

    Sweden
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Austria

    Austria
  • Period: to

    1850-1900

    • Poland was non-existing country, divided between Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungarian empire.
    • About 500 000 Polish nobles were sent from Russian part to Siberia. Poles from Autro- Hungarian and German parts were migrating with these empires.
    • Jewish people were relocated from Russia, to Russian part of Poland.
    • About 1 mln Polish people migrated to the USA Immigration to Poland was mostly from the ruling empires: Russia, Germany, Austro-Hungary
  • Ukraine

    Ukraine
  • Russia

    Russia
  • Honduras

    Honduras
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Period: to

    1900-1945

    -After I WW Poland became an independent country again, but was very poor and devastated.
    - About 350 000 Polish people migrated to the USA and about 1,2 milion to West Europe
    - Thousands of people migrated to South America (Brazil mostly) and Madagascar (sponsored by government)
  • Russia

    Russia
  • Kazachstan

    Kazachstan
  • Czechia

    Czechia
  • South Sudan

    South Sudan
  • Period: to

    1946-1989

    -After the II WW, Polish people migrated from eastern part (taken by Russia) to the west to settle on the land gained from Germany.
    - After 1980s about 500 000 Polish people migrated to West Europe, mostly France, Germany
  • Period: to

    1990-2014

    -In 2004 Poland joined EU, about 2 mln Polish people migrated do West Europe: UK, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Norway and France mostly. Also to Belgium, Sweden, Spain and Austria.
  • Russia

    Russia
  • Latvia

    Latvia
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Izrael

    Izrael
  • Italy

    Italy
  • Germany

    Germany
  • Period: to

    2015-2019

    • Since 2014 Poland for the very first time in its' history experiences a wave of immigration. This is immigration from Ukraine. Estimates say of about 2 milions Ukrainians living now in Poland.