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Read more at: 'If migrants are not coming to work very hard there will be no money for benefits'
'If migrants are not coming to work very hard there will be no money for benefits'

'If migrants are not coming to work very hard there will be no money for benefits'

10 April 2016

Jack works at a plastics factory. He arrived in the UK 16 years ago intending to learn some English for one or two years, but has ended up staying and working in a variety of jobs in hotels, bars and factories. He left a large house in Poland in one of the best tourist areas on the Black Sea. He tells me that his current...

Read more at: Biographical experiences of Spanish labour migrants living in the UK and Germany
Biographical experiences of Spanish labour migrants living in the UK and Germany

Biographical experiences of Spanish labour migrants living in the UK and Germany

30 March 2016

Mê-Linh Riemann is a first year PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Under the supervision of Dr Anna Bagnoli, she is currently conducting a qualitative study on the (biographical) experiences of Spanish labour migrants living in the United Kingdom and Germany – as well as of those...

Read more at: 'Migrants are not afraid about benefit cuts because everyone has work or can get work.'
'Migrants are not afraid about benefit cuts because everyone has work or can get work.'

'Migrants are not afraid about benefit cuts because everyone has work or can get work.'

28 March 2016

Jadzia and Rafal own a dental practice in the East of England. They moved to the UK from Poland with their children in 2005 after being interviewed successfully in Poland for jobs in a big UK dental company. They owned their own successful dental practice in Poland and moved for a challenge, and so that their children...

Read more at: Polish agricultural workers in Lincolnshire
Polish agricultural workers in Lincolnshire

Polish agricultural workers in Lincolnshire

28 March 2016

Trevor owns a mid sized farm in Lincolnshire. He welcomed us for the day to talk with him and some of his staff about what motivates EU nationals to come to the UK and their experiences when they are here. 'They want to work with us because we're working with them', Trevor tells me. Almost all of his workforce is Polish...

Read more at: 'There needs to be a common, federal pool of money that follows citizens that can be spent on what they need wherever they are living at the moment.’
'There needs to be a common, federal pool of money that follows citizens that can be spent on what they need wherever they are living at the moment.’

'There needs to be a common, federal pool of money that follows citizens that can be spent on what they need wherever they are living at the moment.’

28 March 2016

‘People often ask me whether I’m going home for Christmas. I say I’m already home here in the UK', says Raj. Raj has lived in the UK now for 9 years. He graduated in Poland, and first came to the UK for an Erasmus exchange year as part of his studies. When his wife was offered a doctoral research position in the UK they...

Read more at: 'Don’t be mad at the politicians, don’t look at yourselves, just blame these people.'
'Don’t be mad at the politicians, don’t look at yourselves, just blame these people.'

'Don’t be mad at the politicians, don’t look at yourselves, just blame these people.'

28 March 2016

When Jo got in touch with us we assumed she was volunteering to speak up because she is an EU national. Jo in fact comes from the USA. She is currently studying in the UK. What moved her to meet with us? 'I have lots of friends who come from EU countries and I see them being abused and being unable to do anything about it...

Read more at: On Romanian migrants, from a Romanian migrant
On Romanian migrants, from a Romanian migrant

On Romanian migrants, from a Romanian migrant

13 March 2016

On Romanian migrants, from a Romanian migrant Since 2012, I have ‘officially’ been a Romanian migrant in the United Kingdom. When mentioning my nationality, I have witnessed both positive and negative reactions from different groups of people. In 2013, just before work restrictions for Romanians and Bulgarians were lifted...

Read more at: On migrants and benefits: 'It's falling in love with a myth.'
On migrants and benefits: 'It's falling in love with a myth.'

On migrants and benefits: 'It's falling in love with a myth.'

10 March 2016

Edoardo came to the UK from Italy in September 2013, to study a postgraduate course at Liverpool University, having studied previously abroad in Canada and Turkey. He came to the UK because he wanted to boost his career prospects and experience another way of living. The UK wasn't his first choice; he preferred Montreal...

Read more at: Experiences of Lithuanian nationals living in Peterborough
Experiences of Lithuanian nationals living in Peterborough

Experiences of Lithuanian nationals living in Peterborough

8 March 2016

Through contact with the Lithuanian Priest in Peterborough, we found ourselves at a church service on Saturday 5 March 2016, hoping that some Lithuanian nationals might be willing to speak to us about their motivations for coming to the UK and their experiences. The congregation was visibly nervous about speaking to us and...

Read more at: How political relationships forged through EU integration have supported peace
How political relationships forged through EU integration have supported peace

How political relationships forged through EU integration have supported peace

8 March 2016

The UK's Future in Europe: Implications for Ireland 7 March 2016 Ireland's Ambassaor in London, Daniel Mulhall, gave a lecture in Cambridge as part of the Centre for European Legal Studies' 'referendum conundrums series', in which he explored the implications for Ireland of the UK's renegotiated relationship with the EU...

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