Polish immigration in UK

Then you need to slow down MISS BRAINBOX....Then you might get your spelling right!!

Yeah thats a big concern to us also.....I believe the Ukrainians working in Poland get a Polish passport after just two years?.......Which then entitles them to work in Britain as part of the EU....Soon we will all be complaining about the Ukrainians on PF rather than the Poles!!

Maybe there will be a Ukrainian forum for this instead, and all here will be peace!

Great, more Ukrainians in Britain,they can join the members of the SS Galizean Division that settled alongside the Poles here after the war......

They sound a strange bunch Isthatu....Who were they?

As you may or may not know,they were a Division made up of volounteers from the Ukraine who fought,rather obviously given the SS title,for the nazis in the last war. Alegedly only so as to fight communism(!??!) hence the odd little fact that they were shipped on masse to the UK and many of them didnt actually "retire" from the military life for quite some time.....odd plans to use them as a fifth column in case of war against the USSR. Many of whom settled in the same area's as the Pole's of Anders army,or in the case of Doncaster,alongside former members of the 1st pl para brigade. As far as I know,no out and out problems occured between these 2 ,one would think,diametrically opposed groups of people,in fact,a sort of understanding of life and world situations sweeping by out of their respective controlls helped to unite them in many ways.

I note you have more than a passing interest in the Warsaw uprising - did this division take part in supressing it ?

Some of the SS Divisions who put down the Warsaw Uprising came from the Boltic States.

hello Annamaria,

I am a journalist trying to uncover any abuse of Polish/foriegn workers in the south of England. Have you ever experienced any anything like this or do you know anybody who has had a bad experience. I am trying to tell the truth and expose this abuse. your can contact me on my private email, in strict confidence. david.mcgee@bbc.co.uk

Yes but then I'd be here all night like you... hang on, thats because you have no life...

DMcGee, at the same time, do you think you could do a report on the mis-informed who believe the Polish are to blame for most of Britain's problems? It would be nice to have some of their concerns addressed so they could realize Eastern Europeans are not to blame for everything bad in the UK.

DMcGee, at the same time, do you think you could do a report on the mis-informed who believe the Polish are to blame for most of Britain's problems? It would be nice to have some of their concerns addressed so they could realise Eastern Europeans are not to blame for everything bad in the UK.

I think its a British trait,looking for a scapegoat to blame for unemployment,housing,healthcare etc.Dont forget people,we had these problems before Poland joined the EU!!!

There's no excuse for people serving in SS but Soviets were so inhuman in Baltic states or Ukraine that in some cases It wasn't surprising that they preffered Gerries and many of them had to choose between two evils unlike SS volunteers from Holland, Norway etc.

I think the British economy hasn't been doing as well as it is now for quite a long time.
There are many things wrong with the country, but finding solutions requires more effort than jumping on a bandwagon.


I blame to goat.

leave the goats alone!!

Henestly I wouldn't be happy If a million of foreigners came to Poland but UK had already millions of immigrants, often non-European so these reactions are rather surprising, I would think that even British racists should be happy that more white people is coming, so a share of non-Europeans in the whole population is smaller. The other thing are made up BSs like "they claim benefits", "we have to spent more on education of their children, so there's not enough for ours", which are obviously not true as very few Poles take any benefits (except those, which are not really benefits but are aviable for every person legally working in UK) and vast majority of Poles are healthy people in working age - most of public spendings are education, health care etc. and obviously these people hardly use that. Also It's very surprising that looks like their media spread that sh*it. You are not allowed to hung a cross in a public place because some non-Christians would be "offended" but creating hate against some of white immigrants is somehow accepted.

I would rather have 1000 poles than 1 frenchman!

What about Frenchwoman ?

erm,maybe I didnt make myself clear-didnt mean "have" in that sense!!!

I dont know If you noticed that there is 0,5 mln of Ukrainians (working mostly illegaly) in Poland and they havent been born here ... For me it isnt problem they are here to make money and some of them are looking for better place to live ... just like some of Poles in UK ...

Is immigration a major issue in rest of europe-France,Germany,Spain etc??
I know Italy has a lot of illegals from Albania and the like.

The Polish immigration to Britain is unprecedented in these numbers in this space of time. One cannot say 'oh well, there were a few blacks there anyway, what are they complaining about?!'

Ukrainians share a border with Poland as well as a historic and cultural similarities greater than Poland shares with Britain. A million Irish arriving in Britain wouldnt be seen as as much of an issue for instance.

Before anyone gets any strange ideas; Ukraine is NOT one of the Baltic states.:))

So a million of Irish wouldn't be a problem, millions of Pakistanis, Indians, Nigerians etc. weren't a problem but a milliom of "Eastern Europeans" ("news" about millions of Poles alone are sensational BS) obviously are a problem ? Very interesting indeed.

Not really. 0,5 million is maybe the number of Ukrainians, who within a year worked in Poland - in most cases doing crappy seasonal jobs. The number of Ukrainians really living here is definately much smaller.

yeah but now they have gone even worse there's another 300,000 brits out of work cos polish pick sprouts for aldi stores , now that 1 in every 4 council homes goes to migrants

- Is this troll still alive? I've always hoped that extreme hatred combined with extreme stupidity may have a lethal effect. How about suicide...?
:)

stupidity who is this toff ? i'm talking on behalf of most of the people on this island the average brit say's no to massive immigration , most brits are worried about the polish 1.3 million immigrants here

- YOU.

How about suicide then?

I think you really need it.

Most Brits aren't worried about Poles here, so count me out of your stupid, Xenophobic, Little Englander point of view. Thank you.

If you actually talk to "most Brits", they'll say that the Poles are hard working and willing to do the jobs that lazy arsed dole-scrounging Brits aren't willing to do. Most Brits don't have a problem with anyone who comes here and is willing to work. Most Brits don't read the Daily Mail and most Brits don't believe the crap that is written in there. Most Brits form their own opinions about the Poles they meet, for themselves..rather than having their opinion formed from made up stories in the gutter press....

Calm down lennyd, and you might actually enjoy your time on this planet a bit more than you are at present. ;)