Free movement within the EU? Is that why the Poles are legal?
They have I believe stated numbers that will be allowed in from Bulgaria mainly because of how many Poles came here. It totally caught them out.
On the other hand most of the Poles are working and so are most English people so what would we have done without them - interesting thought. I suspect more people would be stretched doing the work of 2 because companies can probably employ 2 poles for the cost of one English person.
Also I know of at least one Pole who whilst waiting for her qualifications from Poland to be ratified working as a cleaner and tea girl at the local hospital. I wonder how many Brits would be willing to do that whilst various security checks were being made on them before getting a job - not many they would just take the social security money. On the whole whilst we complain about the Poles (numbers) most of them are game-fully employed and they work hard.
One grip I have is how they treat the local environment though. At lunch time they often sit on the grass or in their cars eating their lunch and they just throw the rubbish on the ground one wonders what Poland streets and countryside is like if they see this as acceptable behaviour.