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Polish exodus

In one of the most concentrated waves of voluntary migration ever, more than one million people from central and eastern Europe have come to Britain since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Poles are now the largest group of foreign nationals resident in the UK, but there are now signs that this situation is reversing.

In one of the most concentrated waves of voluntary migration ever, more than one million people from central and eastern Europe have come to Britain since the enlargement of the EU in 2004.