Barriers faced by migrant workers coming to Poland from other EU countries

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1 Aug 2025 - 30 Nov 2025

Labour, Migration and Social Policies

Jan Bazyli Klakla

Oskar Chmiel

Agnieszka Kulesa

Magdalena Wiśniewska

Date:

1 Aug 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
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Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy

Jan Bazyli Klakla

Director of Migration, Social Policy, and Development Cooperation
Dr Jan Bazyli Klakla is Director of Migration, Social Policy, and Development Cooperation at CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research. He oversees a broad portfolio of projects in these areas, including work on socio-legal studies and on higher education and science policy. Dr. Klakla has been involved in and has led numerous national and European research projects, including those funded by Horizon Europe, Norway Grants, and Polish National Science Center. His work also includes providing consulting and expert services to key European institutions such as the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, and CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training). He has served as an expert in the “Safe Krakow - Security Strategy for Krakow” program. Dr. Klakla is the editor of Law and Culture. Reconceptualization and Case Studies (Springer Nature, 2021) and the author of Law and Acculturation. Conceptualisation and Empirical Case Study: Slavic Migrants in Poland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) and Studying in Times of Crisis. Acculturation and Adaptation of Ukrainian Students at Kraków Higher Education Institutions amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic and Russia's Aggression against Ukraine (Brill, 2025). In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he was awarded first prize in the competition of the Association of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) – Polish Section for the best doctoral dissertation in the theory and philosophy of law. His research interests span migration, sociology of law, educational research, public policy analysis, customary law, and the methodology of social sciences.

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Oskar Chmiel

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Agnieszka Kulesa

Lead Social Sciences Researcher
Dr Agnieszka Kulesa is the Lead Social Sciences Researcher at CASE. She supports business development and oversees and contributes to research and analytical projects. Having joined CASE in 2018 as an economist, she served as Vice-President of the Management Board from 2021 to 2024. Agnieszka has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including peer-reviewed articles and reports for European institutions such as the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

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Magdalena Wiśniewska

Head of Business Development Team
Magdalena Wiśniewska is responsible for managing research projects at CASE. She holds MA in International Relations from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and MA in  Finance & Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics. During her career she gathered an extensive experience both in the public and private sector. She worked among others for Office … <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/barriers-faced-by-migrant-workers-coming-to-poland-from-other-eu-countries/">Continued</a>

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The project is devoted to analyzing the barriers encountered by citizens of European Union member states who take up employment in Poland. The free movement of workers, one of the four fundamental freedoms of the EU, guarantees citizens the right to move, take up employment, and receive equal treatment in the labor market. In practice, however, mobile workers encounter various legal, institutional, social, and cultural restrictions.

The aim of the study is to provide an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of economic migration from other EU countries to Poland, including the applicable legal framework, the most important migration trends, the sectors and professions in which mobile workers are concentrated, as well as their level of qualifications, employment conditions, and integration into Polish society. The analysis will also cover the socio-economic effects of this process, access to public services, language and cultural barriers, and differences between the migration of workers from the so-called “old” and “new” EU countries. The project also includes a comparison of Poland’s experience with the situation in other Member States, as well as a comparison of the migration of EU citizens to Poland with the migration of Poles to other EU countries.

The result will be a report identifying barriers and restrictions to the right of free movement of workers and recommendations for public authorities, the implementation of which may contribute to improving the situation of EU citizens on the Polish labor market and increasing their presence in key sectors of the economy. The research methods to be used during the project include: analysis of the literature on the subject, interviews, and surveys with mobile workers.

The implementation of the project is important not only for fulfilling Poland’s obligations under EU law, but also for pursuing an effective and modern migration policy in the area of the labor market.

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