Nepalis in Poland

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Nepalis in Poland
Total population
4,400 (2018)
Regions with significant populations
Warsaw  · Mazovia  · Pomerania
Languages
Polish  · English  · Nepali
Religion
Hinduism  · Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Non Resident Nepali

Nepalis in Poland are migrants from Nepal to Poland, mainly expatriate workers and international students.

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Migration History

The first Nepali to settle in Poland arrived in 1965. Immigration from Nepal grew in the 1990s' as few Nepalis came for a jobs as chefs in Indian Restaurants and as workers in Indian Textile Companies. A few of them came with families. Nepalis have been coming to the country for further studies, mostly in the medical field. In 2007, there are about 40 Nepalese students studying in Poland though many of them came with hope to get entry to other highly paid countries in Europe and work there.

Today, Nepalis, along with other Asian groups, usually work in industry, building, services and finance sectors. Most find employment in the central region of Mazovia, the northern region of Pomerania and southern region of Lesser Poland. [1] The rise in foreign investment, especially in the finance sector, IT outsourcing and building industry have brought skilled, but cheap, labor to Poland. About 121 workers from Nepal had managed to get jobs in Poland through individual channel in 2008 and 2009, in 2015 and 2016 more than 3500 Nepalese had gone Poland through individual and through recruitment agencies according to the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE). [2]

In 2016, a Nepali student, Tek Prasad Adhikari [3] [4] doing PhD in Astronomy at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences [5] was awarded the Young Scientist prize. [6] After this, there is an increased inflow of the Nepalese students in Poland.

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References

  1. : Asian workforce growing in Poland
  2. : Republica - Polish farms await Nepali workers
  3. : Tek Prasad Adhikari homepage
  4. "Staff profile details,Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw".
  5. : Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
  6. : युवा बैज्ञानिक अधिकारी सम्मानित