Most Polish migrants arrived in UK after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.
Many of these groups are still active and steps are being taken to attract newer Polish migrants.
A substantial part of the dam construction work was performed by Polish and British migrants after World War II.
Wierzchowski was born at Porto Alegre, Brasil on June 4, 1972, the granddaughter of a Polish migrant.
However, the city welcomed thousands of Polish migrants from Eastern Galicia.
Following the lead of Dr Anton Sokolowsky (d.1862), later settlers, through the mid-1850s into the 1860s, included Polish migrants, hence the locality's current name.
In July 2006 the newspaper added a section in Polish to cater for the massive influx of Polish migrants into Ireland.
During the period 1980-91 Australia granted permanent entry to a large number of Polish migrants, many arriving as refugees who soon got a reputation for being hard working.
Similarly, of course, many Polish migrants to the UK have also set up their own businesses.
Polish migrants and exiles, many of whom were forbidden to move away from the region even after finishing serving their sentence, formed a vibrant Polish minority there.