One in two Estonian workers interested in working abroad

SAK establishes a service point in Tallinn

(Helsinki 03.06.2002 - Juhani Artto) A new survey finds that as of March 2002 about 40,000 of the 1.1 million Estonians have worked in Finland. Half of these workers have experience of working illegally in the Finnish labour market. The survey was conducted by the Finland Gallup organisation and commissioned by SAK.

Should Estonia become a Member State of the European Union, 48 per cent of Estonians are interested in working abroad. The most favoured host country would be Germany (17 per cent). Finland was nominated the most attractive foreign country to work in by 10 per cent of the Estonians. Sweden scored the number one position in 7 per cent of responses.

Next autumn SAK will establish a service point in the Estonian capital Tallinn. The function of the service point will be to advise Estonian workers about working abroad.

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