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The dominating form of modern population flows are economic migrations connected with the jobs found abroad. Therefore, the main assumption of this paper was to examine the extent of the international mobility youth on the basis of migration decisions made by future graduates of the higher secondary schools in Olsztyn. The most important objectives consisted in determining the reasons for migration of a given group and the expected time of their stay abroad. Moreover, the paper indicates the ultimate places of migration of future graduates as well as the purposes of such departures.