http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article344755.ece750,000 and rising: how Polish workers have built a home in Britain'The number of Polish people in Britain has reached record levels after the expansion of the EU, making it the
fastest-growing ethnic minority. Although the EU said this week that the newcomers, mostly young, well-educated and sometimes highly qualified, have boosted the UK economy, relieved skills shortages and cut dole queues, the rise is causing headaches for local authorities, schools, the health service and even the long-standing British Polish community.'
And in Scotland...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16736300&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=church-look-to-poland-for-new-priests--name_page.html'A CATHOLIC bishop is on a mission to Poland to headhunt priests to serve in Scotland.
Peter Moran hopes to attract Polish priests to make up for a shortfall of Catholic clergy in the north-east of Scotland.
He also wants to cater for the fast-growing Polish population in Scotland, most of whom are Catholic.'
Scotland has had a long standing Polish and Lithuanian community, mostly Catholic, but many Jew's too, characteristic of Poland before the Holocaust decimated Eastern Europe's Jewish community. They were the 'second wave' to arrive after the Irish in the 1840's and 50's and before the arrival of the Italians.
It is refreshing to see a new wave of immigration from Poland and eastern Europe bringing with them skills and energy that Scotland has been lacking in recent years.
