Polish ambassador advises Poles in UK to ‘seriously consider’ leaving

Poland’s ambassador to the UK has written to 800,000 Polish nationals, advising them to “seriously consider” leaving the country after Brexit.

Arkady Rzegocki said living standards in Poland were improving, providing “a very good opportunity to come back”.

He called on Poles living in the UK to secure their future by either applying for settled status there or returning.

Rzegocki described the current number of applicants to the EU settlement scheme as “alarmingly low”. Rzegocki wrote that only 27% of Poles living in the UK had submitted an application for settled status.

Office for National Statistics data showed about 832,000 people born in Poland were resident in the UK in 2018.

 

Via The Guardian