Vēsture: Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls, Nr. 15, 2023
Journal: Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls Vēsture
Year: 2023

The economic emigration from Poland to Latvia was a consequence of the socio-economic situation in both countries.The internal determinants of emigration were agrarian overpopulation and poverty in the Polish countryside.In this situation, many people saw a chance to improve their lives abroad.The problem of the overabundance of labourers in rural Poland coincided with a period of economic growth in Latvia.At a time when Poland was struggling with overpopulation and an excess of labour in the co