{
  "id": 13955945,
  "title": "Migration: Warum wandern immer mehr Deutsche nach Polen aus?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/migration-warum-wandern-immer-mehr-deutsche-nach-polen-aus",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/migration-was-polen-zum-attraktiven-ziel-fuer-auswanderer-macht/100249315.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Warsaw. A blue Porsche glides through Warsaw's evening rush hour traffic, blaring techno from its speakers, passing by construction sites. \"This used to be an old brewery plot,\" says Kevin Wörner, pointing out from the window, \"now it's filled with offices.\" A few streets further, a new glass tower is being built – Warsaw's center resembles Frankfurt's financial district. Wörner drives into the basement parking of a six-story new building. A few months ago, the 33-year-old moved his \"Channel Craft\" office here. The company creates social media content for mid-sized companies in the US and Germany. Before last year, Wörner lived in Berlin. But due to his ex-girlfriend, he spent a lot of time in Warsaw. Over the months, the idea of completely moving here took root. In 2025, Wörner isn't the only German to have emigrated to Poland: 4,941 others followed suit, making Poland the 4th most popular destination for German expats, after Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands. Since the pandemic, fewer Germans have moved to eastern neighbor Poland. At the same time, only 1,720 Germans returned to Germany from Poland, leaving the \"migration balance\" – as it's called in the terminology of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany – negative. Why are more and more Germans moving over the Oder? What exactly is working better in Poland's economy than in Germany? And what should we learn from our eastern neighbor to prevent losing skilled workers permanently?",
  "summary": "Unser osteuropäischer Nachbar zieht so viele Deutsche an wie lange nicht mehr. Woran liegt das? Und was kann Deutschland von Polen lernen?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}