"THE influx of Polish immigrants to the Capital has risen to more than 20,000, with specialist bars and clubs springing up to cater for the growing workforce.
Officials estimate there has been a 400 per cent rise in the number of Poles living in the city in only ten months.
The fresh arrivals are settling across Edinburgh, but the Leith area is proving the most popular location to live. Many are working in the hospitality industry in pubs, hotels and restaurants, with the construction and agriculture sectors also attracting a swathe of recruits.
The invasion has prompted the opening of the Cenzor Bar in York Place, complete with retro decor drawn from Communist-era Poland. Three Polish delis are also enjoying good business selling authentic foodstuffs, while off-licences have begun stocking more of the nation's lager."
Nice to see that the entire article contains not even a hint of criticism. And my fellow citizens seem to have absorbed the influx with no fuss whatsoever.
2 comments:
Sadly there is a bit of a fuss on the letters pages of the Evening News. There was even someone dredging up 'the war' - claiming that we fought two world wars to keep Britain British and no wonder people were joining the BNP. Presumably they forgot that we went to war partly to help Poland when it was invaded?!
Personally, I find that sort of thing fairly depressing, as the Poles, in my book are totally welcome and a force for good, as are the immigrants from other CEE countries.
There is a similiar large population of Poles in Dublin. The evening newspaper there prints a supplement in Polish every week, detailing job, benefits available and so on. I wonder will the EEN follow suit.
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