Wroclaw, Poland – ROCIO Flores, a 44-year-old mother of three children, trembling in the bathroom of the archived country in Blaszki, a town in central Poland.
His spirit was deep, as his heart attacked. Before long, a man from the organization had been working to remove the rifle and five Colombian workers. It was August 2023.
“In my country, Mexico, when a person arrives at his gun, it is because he wants to use it,” Tell Al Jazeera. “I thought I would die for there, I thought my body would be thrown into the mountains, and I would never see my children again.”
The conflict began where agency announces that the shifts workers at a chicken processing center will be expanded in 12 hours due to staff shortages. The group declined and wanted the payment to the debt. The burning issue followed. Then a man reached his gun.
Al Jazeera reviewed the video of flores pains that were recorded with one of the workers, and pointed to a firearm as Ukraine. The man was appointed by the contractor working with JobVende24, a lease agency that offers workers in Plukon.
On the video, following physical confrontation with the other of Colombian staff, the man in question went to its car and pulled a rifle. While he is angry with immigrants in Polish, threatening to call offers.
“When the police arrive, you will find the IF *** out [of the country]”He said. Four people in the midst of the group were not written.
Before 2022, Ukraine Ukrainians donated temporary patents to strengthen Polish factories, farms and food plants. But as a complete Russian attack, Ukrainians receive great access to Polish staff market and many are looking for better jobs. If you want hard workers, the interim work agencies start hiring elsewhere.
Latin America became a new source. Colombia Citizens in Peru, Mexicans, and other countries from the region from the European Union without visas, spending three months and applied for work permits while in Poland.
This changed June 2025, where Poland opened a new law. Migrants must now apply for work permits in their homes. There is also now a great overseing on temporary service agencies, which are used to break service tracks and tax rules. The fines of breaches also grows.
Despite the changes, however, it is not yet clear whether the condition of migrating employees will improve.
In Colombians, they have experienced inflation, unemployment and Venezuelan back home, Poland looks like a better life opportunity.
Recruitment usually starts with a local plans that plan to go. Those employed and offered Polish partners.
“Usually, people are lying from the beginning,” says Irena Dawid-Olczyk, the head of the smack. “Some structures are borrowed for the ticket. That debt is binding in cases of exploitation. It is a bonded way.”
The official information indicates that the Poland is just more than 4,000 permits for Colombians in 2022. By 2024, the number was increased by 38,000. However, in many cases, agencies do not include job permits for migrants, leaving unregistered people and the compassion of employers. It is not yet clear how many milits live outside the state of Poland.
“We believe that outside the Latin American people, Migrants Bangladesh, Philippines, and Celish Asians are at risk,” Dawid-Olczyk said. “But many do not trust the authorities adequately to report abuse.”
After the incident, Flores and colleagues were able to lead their videos at the local police station. According to him, officials found the man, but it identified him as the Georgia country and was a rifle. It is alleged that they encouraged the migrants to restore him rather than the charges.
Police told Al Jazeera that she did not follow the case because no group had a legal complaint. In the Al Jazeera State, Plukon plant said the gun with the gun was not directly in their company or Jobever24.
Finally, flores, and others, working for the company that will come, receive their payment: 17 Zloty ($ 5) at an hour, under the small law of 21 Zloty ($ 6) at the time. In their statement, Plokon said they always paid their workers in accordance with Poland Law.
Flores had arrived in Poland for a peaceful life in Europe, far from Mexican violence and poverty. His plan has been his two daughters and the Son, who live with his parents, to join his sitting.
‘Poland will require migration to support its economy’
In Colombia, Tiktok Feeds abundant photos of old Polish refugees, dense forests, along with old cities. Influences that describe the country as a place where Latin Aterthians can find right, go and enjoy better health.
“People hear, ‘My cousin makes 6,000 ZLots [$1,650]And it goes and has a blonde girlfriend. ‘It is a dream, “Freddy Audada, 30, was working with Mada, an organization based on the Wroclaw supporting immigrants.
“They do not mean that you will work 270 hours a month in frustration activities, or that many organizations have never applied for your work permit.”
The Agadia has a person’s experience.
Freddy Audadia holds the card with Latin American Workers’ Union established with the help of local organizations [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al Jazeera]
In 2021, he was employed by Oesas, a Colombian agency who promised him 4,000 Zloty ($ 1,100) per month at Poland. Instead, he got 1,600 ($ 440) under difficult circumstances. He reported the case in La Strada as being exploited.
The following years had chaos. She worked with other temporary jobs, pursued the Master degree in Wretrlaw University, and she had spent homeless. But his experiences and background as a social worker in Colombia helped him to understand good problems facing immigrants in Poland.
In Mada, he supports migratory workers and helps in establishing a Latin American Workers’ Union in partnership with the Human Resources Program, Union.
On August 2023, there was Agadia on the other side of a practical need for help. Cololi-five Colori and Mexican woman, Flores, had just fled a chicken plant after being threatened with a gun. They had a car but no place to go. Some were not written because of their agency.
Abadia told them to go to Wroclaw, where Amada gave them a place to live and help to find a new job.
The need for work in Poland grow. According to Polish Economic Center, 2035, workers will lose weight in 2. Johannes million because of the decline, equivalent to 12.6 percent of the present.
“Poland will require migration to support its economy,” said Katarzyna Debekwska. “Between 2022 and 2024, the number of foreigners in Polish staff market increased by one third.”
This relies on the temperature, without sufficient protection, leaving employees in hazardous positions.
“Unfortunately, we cannot have the same kind of unions like Latin America, because we are not citizens,” says Flores. “But we can still appreciate people, whoever warned them, and sharing the truth with those who looked here.”
After two years of his arrival, the better apartments. You have a stable job and, with Madada, wrote the Migration Guide “for the survival” of Poland, with practical advice and information rights.
