No Poles, Please
Between 2000 and 2006 about two million Poles emigrated for economic reasons and the majority of them settled in Ireland and the UK. However, with the economic crisis not loosening its grip, people who are now considering moving abroad in search of job opportunities may want to reconsider. “They better think twice,” says Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, the Polish Ambassador in the UK. She believes it is immensely difficult to find a job in the current economic situation. Quoted by The Guardian, Tuge-Erecińska claims that people with no knowledge of English have almost no chance of finding a job in England. What is more, the difficulties on the English job market have also struck immigrants who have lived on English soil for some time. “In such difficult times, when there are no vacancies, English public feeling may turn against Poles,” said the Polish Ambassador in The Guardian. A new wave of immigrants may only add fuel to the flame of hatred that burns in England towards foreigners. Tuge-Erecińska also warned against accepting job offers through the Internet because, according to her, it is the easiest way to fall into the net of false job intermediaries. In order to be heard throughout Poland, the Ambassador has asked priests to pass her words onto people living in the country.
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I can’t see the English crying over fewer Poles in the UK, can you?
No. They aren’t exactly the most tolerant of people themselves, their contempt for this country is hypocritical to say the least.
agree completly,
A bit of a provocative headline and what’s this about?:
“A new wave of immigrants may only add fuel to the flame of hatred that burns in England towards foreigners.”
It’s too bad the Brits are not as open to foreigners as those charming Italians (let’s vote for Mussolini’s grandaughter and burn a gypsy camp!) the uber-peaceful Germans (let’s stab some Polish car thieves!) and the rest of Europe with it’s quaint traditions of monkey noises.
Is there racism and discrimination in the UK? Of course there is, name me a country where there isn’t, but comparing the scale of the problem with the scale of immigration you’d have to say that the Brits play the role of host quite well, considering the high population density and the effects of immigration on the employment chances of the poorest locals.
If the roles were reversed then there would be a hell of a lot more discrimination towards immigrants in Poland.
I love Poland and Poles, if I didn’t I wouldn’t live here with my Polish wife. I wouldn’t have bothered to learn the language (more or less!) but I have to say that the attitude of a minority of Poles towards the UK is cheeky in the extreme. They go there, some for ‘chleb’ but others so that they can buy a plasma screen TV more quickly. When I ask them how it was they say that there are too many “colourful people” (sic) and that the food is terrible. That’s usually all they have to say.
If a Pole asks me how I feel here, I have the good grace to talk about the positive and leave out the negatives (how can a country which produces ‘zimni nózki’ ever criticise another nation’s cuisine?)
All that has happened here is that the Polish ambassador (not the British government) has come out with the perfectly sensible advice that it is a bit pointless going to the UK in the middle of its worst recession since the 1930s. Sadly unsurprisingly, the Polish media seems to have turned it into a ‘they all hate us story’ of which they are so fond.
PS: I know this is a translation from another source. I am ranting the world in general, not the good people at Uzar News. Keep up the good work!
Czarny,
As ever many thanks for your great comments.
Yes, I too have seen the attitude of many Poles first-hand and it comes as no surprise to me that the Brits are getting fed up. Let’s be honest, the people that ‘went over’ aren’t exactly the cream of Polish society, are they?
I had a feeling this phrasing may cause some uproar. Maybe it’s slightly too poetic for this kind of text, but it sounds so good!
[...] Poles Not Welcome in UK [...]
There is reason behind British intolerance towards Poles. People have formed opinions with personal experiences not the media due to the high numbers of Poles in every town and city in the Uk. We are just not used to the Polish attitude. Brits pretend to be happy and charming while Poles are not so bothered about impressing anyone. I hope the Poles in the Uk develop their minds and become a respescted member of our community. ps. most Poles I speak to in the workplace hate the Uk and talk fondly of Poland and the beautiful weather
If the Poles hate the UK so much then why not return to Poland and contribute to Polish society? It is a sad state of affairs when English is the minority language in the British workplace.
Wookie22, who said anything about Poles hating the UK? Immigration is always a problem (for both parties) but the one good thing that it does is allow different cultures to mingle…
@raf
You need to read the original comment to find out where the part about “poles hating the UK”, I can confirm this through personal experience and their continue insistance on the quality of their country, life, women, food, etc while living in a country they hate, immigration is not a problem on both sides. When you are emigrating due to the fact its a choose (99.9% of the time) and I think you are being very naive when you think the majority of poles and the brits are mixing. not a chance!, they dont wish to mix with anyone from ourside they country (and that is from personal experience of numerous people and areas)
Peter, thanks for getting involved!
Every British person I have spoken to is concerned about immigration, Poles like the majority of immigrants don’t integrate into British society, about time the politicians took notice of the views of decent British people for a change.
I’m sick and tired of the ever increasing amount of Poles in this country, I am currently unemplopyed and yet everywhere I look there are East Europeans taking our jobs!! Britain needs to end this madness and stop immigrants once and for all and above all abolish being part of the EU.
Something needs to be done, leaving the EU would be a step in the right direction, restricting immigration would obviously be another, I would like to see a return to apprenticeships, 18 to 21 year olds could learn a trade whilst gaining qualifications and experience, if they were paid a living wage it would benefit them much more than ‘work experience’ (cheap labour). If you are unemployed it is scandalous that you are being discriminated against, I would take this further, if you believe prospective employers have hired migrants over local candidates then you could make an official complaint, I won’t give too much away but I know that some employers go out of their way to ensure that every vacancy is filled by British staff, it’s insane to hire foreigners when we have record employment, not all of us sell our own people out, some of us do have a social conscience, I wouldn’t wish unemployment or financial hardship on anyone apart from the greedy, corporate, spineless, amoral sell outs who are willing to throw their own people on the scapheap, traitors come pretty low on my list of favoured people, I know how many applicants there are for vacancies, it can’t be easy living on benefits and if I was in a position to help I would, I really would, trouble is I’m having to turn people away I have such a backlog of applicants, It has reached the stage where I genuinely fear for the future of this country.
Thank you a smart and progressive suggestion, I have been a great believer in apprenticeships (for people who were born in that country ..irrelevent, of colour or creed but not someone who has just arrived)
is that racist No!
is that zenophibic!
just some one who would like to bring back the great in great britian.
An honest days pay for an honest days labour
I like the idea of apprenticeships…
Im a foreigner in my own workplace but I have to endure it because otherwise we starve or have to claim benefit and be a ‘scrounger’ in peoples eyes. I have no real reason to dislike poles but it pisses me off when they cant speak English then get PROMOTED to supervisor or team leader because they are a POLE and can talk fluent to all the arrogant ignorant lazy gets who cant be bothered to learn the language.
Something needs to change when people cant get jobs because were swamped by this plague of economic migrants. We should be like other countrys and only let SKILLED workers into the UK and send all the low paid job absorbers home.
Where do you think the majority of the cash they make ends up ? Its certainly not boosting our economy but draining it because local money isnt being spent local anymore because they go the polish shop for home comforts and only buy essentials from UK stores.
Sorry poles but please go home, you have outstayed your welcome now….