Posted on 05/14/2016 3:31:29 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Hundreds of thousands of people whose personal fates could hinge on whether Britain leaves the European Union won't even have a vote in next month's referendum: Polish migrants. Among other EU citizens, up to a million Poles live and work in Britain. They're allowed to do so, because of free movement of workers in the EU.
At a typical construction site in a leafy suburb of London, a brick row house is under renovation. There's a radio on for the builders, and it's all in Polish — Polish Radio London, a digital radio station that launched in 2006, two years after Poland joined the EU, which triggered a flood of Polish workers in to other EU countries, especially the U.K.
Krzystof Przadak, who recently anglicized his name to "Chris," was one of those who moved right away.
"Poland became a member of the EU in May 2004 — and I came in September. In the beginning it was very difficult, because I came alone. My wife and daughter stayed in Poland," he recalls. "Now, I am the owner of the company. I employ seven people. Slowly, step by step, I'm trying to expand the company."
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They came legally, are hard workers not on welfare, have talent, are a moral people and admire the US and England (Thatcher).
What’s not to love?
They are not the problem..
I would trade straight up one for one every Muslim immigrant and refugee we have for a Polish one.
“Now, I am the owner of the company. I employ seven people”
And he hasn’t bothered to become a British citizens yet?
The cultural background of the Poles - Western and Christian - overlaps easily with that of the Brits, at least in many essentials. That background of immigrants from a number of other countries - not so much. So lots of immigrants from non-Western countries, even if current or former members of the Commonwealth, assimilate only poorly, and end up a drag on the economy, and as well as an impediment to social cohesion.
Up until about 1965, the US had an immigration policy that involved quotas that favored immigrants from countries with cultures similar to ours - cultures that would fit under the heading of “western”, mostly associated with people from Europe. An argument needs to be made - both in Britain and here - that it might be wise to return to this sort of policy if we want a viable social and economic structure - but good luck finding somebody with influence to make that argument. Trump’s made a start; let’s see if he advances it.
the legal ones who want to work should come to the US. Not sure if Obama will let them in though,,but worth a shot.
I”d give up 10000 Muzzies for 1 Polish worker!
Amen!
Globalism is a disaster. Let every country be it’s own belonging to it’s own people and system of government.
That’s a crack that will have to be covered up
I’d go higher than one-for-one. And you may be asked to. Godspeed. Tough decisions in the motherland. All I want is that you get rid of the political dreck. Don’t blink. Do what needs to be done.
No point. If you are an EU citizen you have the right to live and work anywhere else in the EU, so there is no practical need to change citizenship.
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They are “Euro-citizens” now...
Me too - and I say that as one whose grandparents on his father's side had their name changed from "Blazejewski" to "Blaze" at Ellis Island.....
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