Illinois and New York in the States and Santa Contherina. Rio Grande do Sul and Parana in Brazil. Between the First and Second World Wars. during the period of Polish independence. the Polish State took this immigration policy in hand and directed movements to new South American targetsArgentina. Uruguay and Paraguay. The aftermath of the Second World War. with its thousands of refugees who found themselves outside Poland. added new countries to the existing trends of Polish migration. besides increasing the intake of "older" targets such as Canada. the United States and South America. Up to 1968 the fresh intake in Canada was 136.420 Polish immigrants and In the United States 192.903. Among the new destinations mentioned must be made of Great Britain. which became a resettlement country for numerous soldiers and their families from Poland. Indeed. as a result of World War II. Polish migrants spread themselves yet further. settling in some 11 European countries. Besides migration within Europe. this postwar period opened up two extremely important new migration destinations yet further afield. Australia and New Zealand have since the war absorbed altogether almost 90.000 Polish migrant refugees. Let us examine the present numbers of these migrants. countrybycountry.
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