Summary
From cleaners, waiters, receptionists, to sales assistants, builders, plumbers, carpenters and doctors, the Polish are everywhere.
In May 2004 when Poland joined the EU, the UK opened its labour market to Polish workers. Britain expected 15,000 migrant workers, but since 2004 has received about 600,000 and the numbers are constantly growing in the largest single wave of migration for the last 300 years.See the full content of this document
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Perspective: Poles Who Bring New Energy to Britain
When I first came to the UK three years ago, most Britons I spoke to did not really know where Poland was and mainly associated it with Russia.
Some British people could name Lech Walesa as a former president and the winner of the Nobel Prize, a handful knew the late Pope John Paul the II was Polish.Despite Poland having been a democratic country for the last 17 yea...See the full content of this document
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