Migrations of rural people have long tradition and specific characteristics in Poland. They arę incomplete, cyclical and they uphold traditional forms of life. The main effective cause is here the character of great-area economy, where centre countries take advantage from countries on periphery (specially - their labour force). These aims were imminent in Nazi plans named "Grossraumwirtschaft" (H. Kahrs) and the same are inherent in present plans of European integration (D. Diner). Each time the basic condition is to remove small landholders from their property and change them into 'wandering workers'.
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