{
  "id": 6937007,
  "title": "Poland issued EU’s third most residence permits to immigrants in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/poland-issued-eus-third-most-residence-permits-to-immigrants-in-2025",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T13:36:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Notes from Poland",
    "slug": "notes-from-poland",
    "url": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/12/poland-issued-eus-third-most-residence-permits-to-immigrants-in-2025/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2025, Poland issued residence permits to nearly half a million immigrants, ranking third in the European Union after Spain and Germany. However, this number marked a drop for the fourth consecutive year as Poland tightened its migration rules. Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency, reported that Poland granted 467,314 first residence permits to immigrants from outside the EU in 2025, compared to Spain's 635,438 and Germany's 605,292. Italy and France issued 433,099 and 377,462 permits, respectively. Poland's decline is attributed to a tougher migration strategy introduced by the current government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who accused the previous government of allowing \"uncontrolled\" migration. The data also showed that Poland issued the most permits to Ukrainians (241,126, 51.6%), followed by Belarusians (128,468, 27.5%).",
  "summary": "However, the number of permits issued fell for the fourth year running, as Poland tightened migration rules.",
  "key_points": [
    "Poland issued 467,314 residence permits in 2025, ranking third in EU.",
    "This was a 4th consecutive year drop as Poland tightened migration rules.",
    "Ukrainians received most permits (241,126, 51.6%) followed by Belarusians."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}