What was the largest immigration into Britian in recent times?

Question

Migration by Poles 'out of control'

By Harry de Quetteville
Last Updated: 1:45am GMT 19/01/2008

A senior British diplomat has admitted that Polish immigration to Britain has spun out of control.

Paul Fox, who is consul general at the British Embassy in Warsaw, said that the influx of Poles in the last three years was "one of the largest immigrations Britain has ever seen, in such a short time".

He said that it was a "miracle" it had not sparked ethnic clashes.

More than two million Poles have left Poland since it joined the European Union in 2004, with up to one million heading to Britain and Ireland.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The consul general was stating the obvious fact that there is free movement of EU citizens within the EU - he certainly did not suggest that the government has lost control over immigration."

Answer 1

From India, then Poland, then China.

Answer 2

If one milion Poles have come to Britain in the last 3 years then that would make it by far the largest immigration in such a short period in Britains history. This is even more so if you include all the other immigrants from East European succession states since 2004 like Hungarians an Czechs.



These people are highly qualified or skilled, hardworking and well behaved so let them come. They are far preferable to the yob culture we get from many English in many of Britains cities.

Answer 3

Poles are hard working, honest people who want to make a few Pounds to send home to their families, and leave the UK eventually.



WW2 was started over Polish sovereignty, and in 1945 Clement Atlee betrayed Poland by throwing them to the Soviet Bear. 400 Polish pilots died in the Battle of Britain fighting to keep Britain free from the same Nazis who had invaded Poland.



I say welcome to Britain Polish people, you're better than all the other immigrants we've had to suffer with put together!!

Answer 4

I wish we had a Polish immigration swarm here in the U.S.A. instead of the Mexican illegal alien one we have! At least they (the Poles) bothered to learn the language and customs the last time they came over in droves about 100 years ago.

Answer 5

because it extremely is how "they" like it. An inflow of migrants drives wages down which will enhance earnings. in no way recommendations that it creates complications in housing, practise and wellbeing provision to call yet some, those who've lots are unaffected via any of this. it truly is we ordinary operating practise who've to undergo the consequences, as reported who're those very grateful migrants going to vote for? palms up all people who reported the Tory's lol. Our authorities isn't "sitting on it truly is palms" it truly is palms are tied because of our ecu masters. the very masters who inflicted the abominable "Human Rights Act" upon us, subsequently with the intention that each body human beings can enter our seashores and there is no longer a damn difficulty we are able to do about it. Have the Conservatives reported they're going to rescind it? theory no longer, David and Gordon are only 2 pigs sharing a similar trough. Time to call a halt human beings, there are extra persons than there is of them, only! i might want to entreat each citizen who has had sufficient to position in writing, telephone or e-mail their community MP and tell them their a**e is putting out of the window, their days are numbered, the gravy prepare has left the station. on account that even as did the tail wag the canines? We pay this pile of s***e a fortune to do our bidding no longer any opposite direction round, awaken they're giving our united states of america away. Please do no longer tell me that each body immigrants strengthen the commercial gadget, in the adventure that they were that smart or that entreprenurial they could be extra useful off of their very personal united states of america, or failing that pass to Scandinavia. many who come listed here are economic migrants, we've the ultimate welfare gadget contained in the international, struth they get extra useful clinical care than the indigenous inhabitants because of their "human rights". am i able to, as a Brit, pass to France, Germany or Italy and assume that united states of america to abode me, locate me employment, coach my toddlers, get me an interpreter, a "welfare rights" officer? F**ok no they can provide me a shrug and aspect me to the nearest bus station, probable contained in the direction of the united kingdom, a lot for our ecu partnership! awaken Britain, . .

Answer 6

AS AN ENGAL (ENGLISHMAN) WHOSE PARENTAGE GOES BACK OVER 200 YEARS THAT CAN BE TRACED, I WOULD SAY WE INTRODUCED AFRICANS THROUGH SLAVERY FIRST...THEN BECAUSE OF THE POTATO FAMINE IN IRELAND WE HAD A LOT OF IRISH SETTLERS. POLISH FAMILIES CAME HERE AFTER THE WAR BECAUSE A LOT WERE STATIONED HERE AND THEN CAME A LARGE MAJORITY OF ASIANS BECAUSE OF IDI AMIN... OUR IMMIGRATION POLICIES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND ARE GETTING TIGHTER....AT LAST!!!....BUT ASSYLUM LOOPHOLES HAS MEANT WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAD TO ACCEPT A LOT OF EAST EUROPEANS... IF I HAD MY WAY I WOULD STOP IMMIGRATION ALLTOGETHER INTO BRITAIN BECAUSE OF THE STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES AND THE COMPLICATIONS THIS HAS ON THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE WHICH IS SLOWLY BEING UNDERMINED BY CULTURAL CHANGES TO OUR BRITISH WAY OF LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY...

Answer 7

Terrorists who immigrated to Britain were responsible for violence and bombings.

Answer 8

It's not yet stopped, or had'nt you noticed!

Answer 9

I would have thought Africans in general.