The group of Poles affected are under a special immigration status known as extended voluntary departure.
But associates said last year's higher number was a result of more voluntary departures.
Or the most striking voluntary departure you have witnessed?
Other reductions will come from voluntary departures, like early retirement.
The grace period for voluntary departure is shortened to 60 days.
They are like citizens of a dozen other countries who have been granted what is called extended voluntary departure.
In early November, he received a "voluntary departure", which forces one to leave the country but does not forbid a later return.
That was exactly what he had wanted: her voluntary departure.
Rolls has already cut 3,000 people from its work force of 34,000 through voluntary departures.
So they will be listed among the voluntary departures rather than the deported.