Currently in our city there are 2.8 thousand people with foreign citizenship registered for permanent stay. In the last 12 years, their number increased by 1.5 thousand. In the last year we have seen an exceptionally large increase in the number of foreigners - by as much as 31%, mainly due to the two-fold increase in the registrations of the Ukrainian citizens. Foreigners come from more than 100 countries, including nearly 70% from Europe, and 27% from European Union countries.
Every fifth foreigner is a citizen of Ukraine, one in fifteen - of Germany. Among the citizens of EU countries, a relatively well-represented group are also the British, the Dutch, the Spanish, the French and Italians. Of other European countries, Belarusians and Russians represent a large group. Among immigrants from other continents, the dominant group are the Asians, who make up nearly 19% of foreigners domiciled in Poznan. Every twentieth foreigner comes from Africa, and one in thirty from North America. Relatively few foreigners originate from South America as well as Australia and Oceania. Taking into account individual countries, the largest number of foreigners from outside Europe come from China, Turkey, South Korea, the US and India. Poznan is also a home for the citizens of exotic countries such as: the Dominican Republic, Chile, Mauritius, Senegal, and Zimbabwe.
According to the official migration statistics, which, however, does not include foreign students, who are registered for a temporary stay up to three months, The Poznan universities are providing education for close to 3.5 thousand foreigners (including the temporary exchange of students under the Erasmus programme). More than every second foreign student comes from one of the European countries, more than one in seven - from North America or Asia. Most come from Ukraine (one in seven), every twentieth from Norway and the USA. Within the framework of the temporary exchange, students come mostly from Spain and Turkey. Foreign students study mainly at the Medical University and the Adam Mickiewicz University.
