Post by justjohn on Apr 6, 2008 5:50:57 GMT -7
Leslie,
You can come here, to New England to maintain your Britishness.
We welcome you. Leave the queen and company at home!!!
Immigrants from Eastern Europe have changed Britain by looking for work across the country, not just in traditional centres such as London and the South East, a study has found.
Tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans have settled in areas with little or no history of foreign newcomers and their presence has had a tangible effect on the communities around them. Sainsbury’s now stocks a range of 32 Polish foods in 11 stores while Tesco offers golabki, cabbage-based dish, and flaki, a tripe soup.
The study by the Office for National Statistics said that workers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia were spread more broadly across the country than traditional immigrants.
“Immigrants to the UK have tended to go predominantly to London and the South East, the conurbations and a relatively small number of large towns and cities,” the study said. But the overall distribution of immigrants had started to change, with many foreigners now working in other parts of the country, including the most rural and far-flung.
“The A8 population [migrants from eight former Soviet bloc states] has spread widely across the UK, no part of the country being untouched.”
London, the East and West Midlands, East of England and Northern Ireland included the local authorities with the highest ratios of immigrant workers from the eight Eastern European countries.
The study found a relatively low ratio of immigrant workers in local authorities in Wales, the Thames Estuary and in major conurbations in South Yorkshire, the North West and the North East.
The findings are based on the 508,487 of immigrants who registered for work between May 2004, when the eight Eastern European states joined the European Union, and December 2006. They cannot be regarded as definitive because they do not include the self-employed.
Poles were the largest immigrant group, with 327,538 registering for work in that period. “Poles are particularly dominant in the Scottish Border regions and Central Valley, the industrial North East much of Wales and the South West, apart from western Cornwall,” the study said.
Lithuanians were the second largest national group of the A8 countries, but their distribution was different from that of the Poles. They were concentrated in Northern Ireland, eastern England, western Cornwall and Herefordshire, the study said.
There were relatively heavy concentrations of Czechs in the Orkney Islands and Barnet in North London; Slovakians in south Oxfordshire and Congleton in Cheshire; Latvians in Eilean Siar in the Western Isles and Yorkshire; Hungarians in Great Yarmouth and Estonians in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Rhondda Cynon Taff in South Wales, South Lanarkshire and Corby in Northamptonshire.
Although the study does not say why certain nationalities congregated in particular areas, it does breakdown the jobs for which immigrants register. In the north of Scotland, including Eilean Saar, Orkney and Aberdeenshire, they worked mainly in the food-processing industry.
You can come here, to New England to maintain your Britishness.
We welcome you. Leave the queen and company at home!!!
Immigrants from Eastern Europe have changed Britain by looking for work across the country, not just in traditional centres such as London and the South East, a study has found.
Tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans have settled in areas with little or no history of foreign newcomers and their presence has had a tangible effect on the communities around them. Sainsbury’s now stocks a range of 32 Polish foods in 11 stores while Tesco offers golabki, cabbage-based dish, and flaki, a tripe soup.
The study by the Office for National Statistics said that workers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia were spread more broadly across the country than traditional immigrants.
“Immigrants to the UK have tended to go predominantly to London and the South East, the conurbations and a relatively small number of large towns and cities,” the study said. But the overall distribution of immigrants had started to change, with many foreigners now working in other parts of the country, including the most rural and far-flung.
“The A8 population [migrants from eight former Soviet bloc states] has spread widely across the UK, no part of the country being untouched.”
London, the East and West Midlands, East of England and Northern Ireland included the local authorities with the highest ratios of immigrant workers from the eight Eastern European countries.
The study found a relatively low ratio of immigrant workers in local authorities in Wales, the Thames Estuary and in major conurbations in South Yorkshire, the North West and the North East.
The findings are based on the 508,487 of immigrants who registered for work between May 2004, when the eight Eastern European states joined the European Union, and December 2006. They cannot be regarded as definitive because they do not include the self-employed.
Poles were the largest immigrant group, with 327,538 registering for work in that period. “Poles are particularly dominant in the Scottish Border regions and Central Valley, the industrial North East much of Wales and the South West, apart from western Cornwall,” the study said.
Lithuanians were the second largest national group of the A8 countries, but their distribution was different from that of the Poles. They were concentrated in Northern Ireland, eastern England, western Cornwall and Herefordshire, the study said.
There were relatively heavy concentrations of Czechs in the Orkney Islands and Barnet in North London; Slovakians in south Oxfordshire and Congleton in Cheshire; Latvians in Eilean Siar in the Western Isles and Yorkshire; Hungarians in Great Yarmouth and Estonians in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Rhondda Cynon Taff in South Wales, South Lanarkshire and Corby in Northamptonshire.
Although the study does not say why certain nationalities congregated in particular areas, it does breakdown the jobs for which immigrants register. In the north of Scotland, including Eilean Saar, Orkney and Aberdeenshire, they worked mainly in the food-processing industry.
