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Eastern Europeans in your town
Mark1974
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Here in Wakefield we have a very sizeable population of EU migrants from the usual countries in Eastern Europe. By and large they have settled here without problems, although they remain in their own communities and I don't see much integration.
There are sometimes 'tensions' in one part of town where their on street drinking upsets the Muslim community. That's about it though.
I love the food shops they have opened and I've become a big fan of their beers.
What's your experiences? Have they been made welcome in your town? Have any issues occurred as a result of them coming to your town?
There are sometimes 'tensions' in one part of town where their on street drinking upsets the Muslim community. That's about it though.
I love the food shops they have opened and I've become a big fan of their beers.
What's your experiences? Have they been made welcome in your town? Have any issues occurred as a result of them coming to your town?
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That said I have heard comments from people saying "all you can here are foreign voices when you walk through town" from a few people, then found myself walking through town and not finding this to be the case at all.
I think some people really over exaggerate things.
We also i noticed the other day have groups of Eastern Europeans hanging around the town centre.
I have in our town i could take you to the areas too.
Personally I haven't had any issues at all. However a lot of 'locals' seem to think the EU community is directly responsible for a large increase in local crime levels. I can't say I've seen any evidence of that being the case.
That said a local Avon lady did get mugged by a couple of Polish blokes with a knife and a gun a couple of Sundays ago, but that's just one case thats been jumped on by the UKIP/BNP brigade.
The BIB being the point really, it means that immigrant populations maybe don't integrate as much as they should and populate a small area of the town. That does not mean "the town is over ran" which is what the people I was referring to are trying to imply.
Badly dyed hair aside, they seem fine enough.
http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Eastern-European-prostitution-ring-convicted/story-20410110-detail/story.html
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/hundreds-of-police-involved-in-16908/
The only 'areas' we have here are protestant areas and catholic areas. The migrants just mix in among the rest of us.
Tesco wanted to move and in the process announced anybody wanting to go with them would have to accept £7.50 an hour and the new warehouse is predominantly staffed by eastern europeans.
I know because a work colleague of mine used to work there but could not afford to take the wage cut.
Then he's clearly a nut.
Of course all crime is now blamed on Eastern Europeans, and it's as if they're demonising them, rather than seeing there is good and bad no matter what your nationality.
There is a good side and a bad side the good side you have highlighted.
The bad too much unskilled/semi skilled arrivals have cut the wages at the bottom end for those already here
One thing I have notice about Eastern European women is that after they've given birth they quickly regain their figures while the British lasses are all fat and dumpy. Their fashion sense is much better as well. Polish women wear jeans and tops which accentuate their curves, have well applied makeup and generally look like models, while British women plod about slothenly in unflattering sweatpants, loose tops that show their saggy, swaying bosoms and puffing on a ciggie, swearing at their screaming kids.
What gives
That's about 1% of the population, or 1 in 100 people. I know people will tell me the figures are wrong and its more like 10 million or something, but lets just put things into perspective.
Eastern European immigration wont go on forever, particularly from countries like Poland as their economy improves in the next 20 years, a bit like immigration from Ireland (in large numbers) didn't go on forever as their economy improved in the 1990s.
Long term immigration will however still come from Africa and Asia, but that's fine from my point of view.
That is under government control unlike EU immigration.
But they are still coming in big enough numbers and remember the tories aren't going to be in forever, labour aren't as restrictive on immigrants as the tories are. They still will be in significant numbers for the remainder of this century.
Indeed not but i have a feeling come the next election Labour will not be able to govern on their own. The only people being hit by Labours policies are working class people people who suffer from wage compression.>:(
Yes they are coming in numbers but Teresa May is putting up a valiant fight.
There is a lot of reported crime from the eastern europeans however its all to each other. You read the crime bit in the local paper and 9/10 of the crimes are committed by europeans, with the victims being european. So they arent really a danger to anyone else.
I have no problem with immigration but the Eastern Europeans get on my nerves, especially poles and Slovakians. They make no effort whatsoever to blend into our society, always keeping their own company. I can only speak for myself but if I moved to another country I would at least make an effort to blend into their culture.
A couple of other points that have been mentioned in this thread:
To the person who said they think this is the land of milk and honey. Yes, the do, they think we are weak and a bit of a joke for letting it happen.
To the post about their women. Yes, they may be slimmer but it is a myth that their women are all stunners. And their women are certainly more arrogant than our women.