A volunteer at immigration centre

Hi!
My name’s Patrycja. I’m Polish. I’m a volunteer and I take care of emigrants’ children.
They came to Poland from Chechnya. They are between 8 and 15 years old. They came here because in their country there is a war conflict. I help them with lessons and I teach Polish. I want them feel here like at home. I take part in meetings of Polish and Chechnyan children onSaturdays. Then, they play and do homework together. During holidays I organise excursions, fun and sport activities. I’m glad that I do this volunteer work.

Try not to judge a nation by its one or two representatives' misbehaviour

People who leave their countries should take responsibility for themselves, the way they behave. For example, a Lithuanian who arrived in Poland doesn’t only represent himself, but the society he derives from. If he does something wrong, Poles will think that all Lithuanians are impolite or dishonest, etc. We know that we shouldn’t evaluate bigger group based on one person's deeds, but we do it. Why? Because that’s human nature, but it works both ways. If we Poles make mistakes abroad, native people from these places will say unpleasant things about us too. That’s why every immigrant should behave worthily not to bring shame on their homeland.
Marta, 14

On one of the block of flats in Białystok

It says: "People are equal, the only thing that separates them is the inequality, lack of equal treatment."

Refugees in Polish school

Currently in centers for foreigners

there are about 650 children in age from 6 to 18 years.

They have the same rights as polish children.

Children of foreigners who live in centers for foreigners are going to schools near their home. The biggest ones are in Warsaw (about 236 children), Łuków (about 96 children) and Bialystok (about 60 children).

Now in every centre for foreigners there are at least one employee

(in most cases it's a teacher) whose duty is to teach Polish language and showing them our culture. There is also Multimedia Learning Lab. In some centers there are also working intercultural assistants and their job is to help in communicating between parents and their children.

Number of children that lives in those centers

was succesively raising over the years.

Starting from the 43 kids in school year 2001/2002 to 658 kids in the school year 2013/2014 

Marcin,14 

Learning more about immigrants from Geography activities

On the 8th November, our first class students had the meeting with the special guest- the Geography teacher and teacher trainer working in the Middle East. Except geography features, we also learnt about

immigrants of Catarrh, Dubai and Oman

Immigrants in Dubai, Catarrh and Oman come from the south–east of Asia. Immigration to the United Arab Emirates is very large. In many cities there are now more workers from

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China than indigenous poeple of the country. For example, in Dubai there are more immigrants then residents. In Oman, most immigrants come from Indie and Phillippines. In Quatar there is nearly 2 million people and 90% of them are immigrants. They work on construction sites and have only 600 dirhams per month. In shops everything is expensive. The water is paid 20 times more than in Poland (about 20 dirhams).

Most immigrants prefere Dubai as a destination.

Jacek(13), Emilka(13)