Why Polish Britons Are Leaving the UK: A Post-Brexit Exodus

Why are Polish Britons leaving the UK? As Brexit continues to reshape the UK's political and economic landscape, a significant number of Polish migrants are packing their bags and heading back to Poland. Driven by economic changes, social challenges, and a longing for cultural roots, this reverse migration reveals the complex fallout of Brexit.

Discover why Polish Britons are choosing to leave the UK behind and what this means for both nations in our latest analysis.

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[slavomt]

You use photos of crowds of illegal immigrants from Asia and Africa to illustrate Polish immigration. 😐 This is a distortion of reality and a terrible simplification. Poles came to the UK legally, with passports in hand, mainly to work and not for social benefits.

[MopeyFand]

I've worked with Polish people for a few years. They are well educated, well-mannered, and hard working. I enjoy working with them.

[lugo_]

The UK is like Detroit. Broken, crime ridden, drugs, poor, dangerous, and dirty.

[jonathanspilhaus]

Poles are not leaving the UK because of Brexit, but rather because Poland with its vastly improved infrastructure and strong economy often offers better prospects. I am British and retired to Poland 11 years ago. British people take note, you need to have proficiency in Polish to B1 level. I did this at the age of 69, so while it is a difficult language to learn, it can be done.

[michaeltravers]

We have a lot of Polish citizens living in Ireland, and they make a positive contribution to our economy, they are great workers.

[gerdbaum]

I have spoken to many Poles. What I heard very often was that they don't want to live in a Muslim country

[bobikdylan]

Brit in Poland here. Most of that report was fair, but I don't know where they got the information about improving education in Poland. It has always been good. I've been teaching at a Polish university for over twenty years, and my students' workload would make British students cry. They have up to eight hours of classes and lectures several times a week. The major change in education has been in infrastructure. My faculty is still in a horrible old building, but we will be moving to a beautiful new campus in the next year or so.

[joannetucker]

Poles are hard works and friendly. Complete opposite of what is coming now

[seandobson]

Given the way that the Poles were treated in this country when they first arrived, I don't blame them, especially when after the second world war, Poland, a country we went to war for, was given over to the Russians, along with many others
Worse still, Poles fought gallantly in all three of our services but were not even allowed to take part in the victory parade because we did not want to upset our erstwhile Russian allies and, even though it was known that the Poles that were murdered in the Katyn Forrest were murdered by the Russians and not the Germans, with the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials about to start, it was considered expedient to let the Germans take the blame for the murders as they had already committed so many war crimes anyway, and we wanted to keep the Russians sweet for the forthcoming war crimes trial.
Browning and Montgomery tried to blame General Sasabowski for the failure of Arnhem, but the Poles, who did not even go until the third wave, when the Germans were well-prepaired, reinforced and expecting us to send more paratroops, fought as well as any soldiers ever could and gave their all.
The highest scoring squadron in The Battle of Britain was 303 Polish squadron.
Many Polish Generals, including General Sasabowski, were treated worse than the defeated Nazis, and we should have begged forgiveness from Poland years ago and tried to make amends.

[snowman]

UK is losing talent and hard work ethic of the Poles.

[WorkingClassDabrowa]

My wife and I were in the UK for only 3.5 years, but my sister's family returned to Poland after 11 years, with three children born in Kent. It's wonderful to see our children playing together with their cousins at their grandparents' place. I hope more Poles return to our homeland! Trzymajcie się bracia!

[warrenr]

Englishman here.
It’s perfectly simple. The Poles aren’t stupid. They can see the U.K. has become a dump (we all know why) and gone back to a better quality of life in Poland.

[szymonskurski]

I'm from Poland. I talk to my friends who have returned or are planning to return to the country. They give three main reasons for their decision. 1 - lawlessness on the streets. 2 - increasingly lower level of social services (mainly education). 3 - crumbling infrastructure.

[aniaopara]

I'm going to move back to Poland soon. I dont want to be called "migrant" any more. Enough!

[mjab]

I am a Pole living in the UK for over 20yrs now. It will be a very sad day once I decide to leave the UK simply to protect my daughters. I will always call UK my home and most Brits are just wonderful people. I love this country as much as I love Poland but things have changed for worse in the UK now.

[fnpbuxt]

Once, a black British guy was harassing me at work - I couldn't stand it and told him "you only hate me because I'm white!" He replied, "You're not even white. You're Polish. Go back to work and know your place." When I complained to the office, they laughed at me. That was the day I bought tickets back to Poland for my family.

[cheeseflavoredsoda]

Less Polish and Romanians and more Indians, Pakistanis, Somalis, Nigerians, Bangladeshis, Afghans and Syrians. Sounds like a Brexit win to me! Brexit means Brexit!

[spencerhulme]

The Polish helped the British in the Second World war in ways we can never thank the Polish People enough!

[olgaolga]

I lived in England for ten years. We worked hard with my husband. We bought a lovely house. I nostrificated my diploma in teaching and worked as a teacher at local primary school. Sadly, there was not even one white child at this school. We decided to go back to Poland when our children started school. I was really disappointed with British education system. Both as a teacher and as a parent. The level is much, much lower than in Polish schools, yet chidren are forced into school environment at a very young age. Too early. Apart from my disappointment with the school system, we didn’t feel that England was a safe country. Not safe enough for our children. Poland is definitely safer, cleaner, more traditional and that’s what we like. It is a great country for raising kids. The salaries are a bit lower but we decided that it is better for us to lower our expenditures and live a poorer but definitely a happier life.

[paulrowe]

Poles are Fantastic immigrants ! They work hard and contribute, integrate and fit in ! They don't build mosques and do not make terrorist actions ! Their food is amazing ! We need more Poles in Great Britain !!! In Lincolnshire many Poles stayed after WWII and they speak like us and the only way you know that they are Polish is THEIR surnames ! They are loyal to this country !