News Brief

The Jews were the group which supplied the largest number of emigrants from Poland to overseas countries during the year 1926, according to figures published by the Emigration Office of the Polish government. During that year 49,893 persons emigrated as compared with 38,449 in 1925.

The statistics give detailed information as regards sex-nationality, and the occupation of the emigrants for every month except January. Of the total number of overseas emigrants 30,182 were men and 13,741 were women, the other 5.970 persons not being classified according to sex. Apart from 10,656 emigrants registered as being of no occupation and 9,847 whose occupation is not known, the principal trade groups represented among the Polish oversea migrants in 1926 were agricultural workers (19,377), industrial workers (6,536), commercial employees (1,093), and domestic servants (1,035).

Among the emigrants were 19,600 Jews, 13,757 Poles, 10,454 Ruthenians, 527 White Russians, and 418 Germans, no details being given concerning the other 5,128 persons.

The principal countries of destination of these emigrants were Canada (15,810), the Argentine Republic (44,425), followed by the United States (8,249), Palestine (6,840), Brazil (2,490), other American countries (1,491), and Australia (339). It is stated with reference to these figures that they underestimate the real situation and that the true figures of Polish and foreign emigrants leaving Poland in 1926 should be about 10,000 persons for the United States, 16,500 for Canada, 15,000 for the Argentine Republic, and 3,000 for Brazil.

The Polish provinces supplying the largest contingents of oversea emigrants in 1926 were Tarnopol (8,121), Lvov (7,123), and Warsaw (5,778).