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Originally posted by johnny:
Well, if they're going to prostitute themselves like that, i guess you're right. But don't you think that educated young Polish know how much they can really make ? And that they would still do it for much less than Dutch citizens would, just to get that job ?
Poland must be one giant shithole if they want to leave THAT desperately.
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Unemployment in Poland is very HIGH. I don't have figures for Poland, but how about some statistics for another new EU member, Lithuania:
1. Average earnings in Lithuania (pop: 3.6m) = $4,800 (4,000 EUR) per YEAR
2. Unemployment = 10% (officially), (unofficial estimates have it more like 25%)
3. Social security - only available for six months at a massive $150 eur per month (you must work before you can get this, so young people out of university may not apply). No housing benefits either
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0...208786,00.html
The word 's-hole' is a bit strong, but it is clearly disadvantaged, and if you are young and have brains, you are going to migrate as soon as possible. Afterall, you get more on the dole in the Netherlands/UK/Germany than the average person earns from working in Lithuania and a job paying the minimum wage in the Netherlands is still 3.5 times higher than the average wage in Lithuania...
And for those Lithuanians who do not come (along with the nine other countries), their relative poverty will take the lion's share of EU financing (development aid/economic assistance etc.) for
years and years to come.