Poles outnumber Irish citizens in Northern Ireland
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
10.12.2015 17:36
Poles are now the biggest group of non-British nationals living in Northern Ireland, a newspaper has reported.
Belfast City Hall. Photo: wikimedia commons/mkooiman
After mass emigration from Poland following the country joining the EU in 2004, more Poles now live in Northern Ireland than people who were born in the neighbouring Irish Republic to the south, according to The Irish News.
The paper cited official figures showing that 30,830 Polish residents live in Northern Ireland, accounting for 26 percent of the population who were born outside of Britain.
That figure is higher than the 29,620 people from the Irish Republic who live in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, the paper pointed out.
Lithuania is third on the list of the top EU countries from which people have moved to live in Northern Ireland, followed by Portugal, Slovakia, Romania, Latvia and France. (pk/rk)