The Migration Research Institute conducted a survey between November 23, 2024 and January 12, 2025, covering 400 foreign workers originating from Asia and Africa, with the aim of gaining insight into their opinions about life and work in Croatia, reports tportal.
The largest number of surveyed participants comes from Filipina (38 percent), Nepal (26 percent), India (20 percent), Egypt (6 percent) and Bangladesh (5 percent). Other respondents came from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China and Uganda.
Prema to the Institute, the majority of foreign workers surveyed work in transportation (22 percent), hospitality (19 percent), construction (17 percent) and industry (13 percent).
As for acquaintance Croatian language, 53 percent of foreign workers said they did not speak Croatian, but understood basic words. 21 percent of them said they spoke Croatian at a basic level, 18 percent said they did not speak Croatian at all, while 8 percent said they spoke Croatian fluently.
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More than half of the respondents (51 percent) have been living in Croatia for less than a year. About 34 percent have been living in Croatia for between 1 and 2 years, 5 percent between 3 and 5 years, while 9,5 percent said they have been living in Croatia for longer than 5 years, the survey found.
As many as 78,5 percent of foreign workers in Croatia work in full-timeAlso, almost 90 percent of foreign workers said they financially support their families in the countries from which they immigrated to Croatia.
Furthermore, 55 percent of foreign workers plan to move their family to Croatia, while around 28 percent are undecided on the issue, 10 percent of respondents said they would not move their family, and 5 percent stated that they do not have a family.