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by alva 2934 days ago
> Good luck with that.

Since the Brexit vote net-migration for the UK is over half a million people, your native Poland is still suffering huge negative net-migration. "Despite Brexit" the UK attracts top talent from across the EU due to well paid jobs, culture and a business friendly environment.

Look at immigrant attitude surveys across the EU to see how much they value the UK compared to many EU countries. Italy, Poland, Hungary, Austria etc are hardly trending in the direction you may desire.

> whose grandfather fought for the freedoms in WWII alongside British pilots

The British have a huge amount of respect and gratitude for the Polish pilots and honour them annually.

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> The British have a huge amount of respect and gratitude for the Polish pilots and honour them annually.

Not seen much sign of the Poles being acknowledged as Polish when being honoured as Spitfire pilots — heck, I didn’t even know many of the pilots were Polish until recently, and I’ve been living in the UK for my whole life… well, except for six months or so of post-Brexit looking for somewhere else before coming back because of family medical issues.

There's net migration into Poland. Lots of poles are leaving for Western Europe, but even more Romanians etc. are going to Poland. Poland has been booming for quite some time. It's four times richer than it was before it joined the EU if memory serves.

That image of Poland as an unattractive place everyone wants to get away from is not really true anymore.

> There's net migration into Poland

Wrong.

Poland -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

> That image of Poland as an unattractive place everyone wants to get away from is not really true anymore.

I agree, Poland has made huge improvements and is becoming more attractive.