Poland issued more first residence permits to non-EU immigrants in 2017 than any other member state (and 17% more than a year earlier), new Eurostat data show.

In terms of the ratio of permits to population, Poland was third, behind only Malta & Cyprus (and just ahead of Sweden)

As @danieltilles1 noted in our most recent article, the current government has, despite its anti-immigration image, overseen the largest wave of immigration in Polish history

The data can be found here