Przygotowanie administracji publicznej do obsługi cudzoziemców – niezbędne wzmocnienie skuteczności nadzoru

In the opinion of experts, by 2050 some eight percent of foreigners will have to work in the Polish economy in order to maintain the current employment level. Hence, the inflow of foreigners to Poland will be more and more important. In the years 2014–2018, the total of 910,500 applications for work permission were submitted in regional offices, out of which 46,900 were submitted in 2014, and in 2018 – as many as 366,900. Since it is an important issue, NIK conducted an audit at the Ministry of Interior and Administration, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and the Office for Foreigners, as well as eight regional offices and eight labour offices. The audit examined whether the public administration was prepared, in the procedural and technical aspects, to provide effective services for foreigners. The audit was also aimed to assess whether these tasks were performed properly, and whether the needs of the labour market were properly planned, with due consideration to the perspec-tives of the Polish economy.