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Below you will find a selection of articles and interviews that featured East European Resource Centre.
2021:
Evening Standard: EU citizens face ‘anxiety inducing’ race to secure UK settled status
Polish Express (PL): Nawet 45 tysięcy Polek i Polaków może po 30 czerwca zostać na lodzie – wywiad z East European Resource Centre
Cooltura (PL): Issue 900
2020:
Financial Times: Thousands risk legal limbo as EU settlement deadline beckons
Le Monde (Article in French): De nombreux résidents européens risquent de vivre dans l’illégalité
Cooltura24 Magazine (Articles in Polish):
Brexit. Czy to koniec przywilejów dla Polaków?
Settled Status, czyli nasz nasz status imigracyjny po 1 stycznia
Huffington Post: First Brexit, Now This: How UK’s Covid-19 Response Has Hit Eastern European Workers
Guardian: Immigration rules post-Brexit could fuel modern slavery, say charities
2019:
Sky News: EU citizens being overlooked for jobs and tenancies ahead of Brexit, Sky News finds
Spectator: Poles are in a quandary over Brexit
Forbes: Figures Show More Eastern Europeans Are Leaving The U.K. After Brexit
Taz.de: EU citizens in the UK Falling through the welfare gap
Guardian: Surge in EU citizens unfairly refused access to universal credit
LSE, Brexit blog: What’s wrong with the EU Settlement Scheme, and how to fix it
Europe Street: Postpone ‘settled status’ deadline to 2021, says East Europeans group
2018:
Puls Biznesu, 20 December: Ekspert ostrzega przed ryzykiem wyzysku pracowników w Wlk. Brytanii
Cooltura, 19th of November: PORADY: Prawo imigracyjne a prawo do zasiłków (text in Polish)
Cooltura, 2nd of November: Już niedługo chętni będą mogli starać się o settled status (text in Polish)
Tydzien, 29th of September: Badz legalny po brexicie (text in Polish)
BILD, 11th of August: Haben die Briten endlich eine Brexit-Strategie? (text in German)
The Guardian, 5th June: Concerns for eastern Europeans in Brexit ‘settled status’ plan
Rzeczpospolita, 10 March: Brexit: rząd pozbawi ochrony polskie firmy na Wyspach Brytyjskich
BBC Asian Network, 29 March – “Brexit Special”
BBC Radio 5 Live, 1st of February – “Free movement post Brexit” (recording not available)
Sputnik News, 30th January, 2018 – “Emergence of New Figures First Step to Combat Hate Crime in UK”
LSE Brexit Blog, 25th January, 2018 – “Why some eastern Europeans are driven to sleep rough”
2017:
Polsat News, 10 November 2017 (text in Polish)
The Globe Post, 1 November 2017 – “Amid Growing Discrimination in UK, Minorities are Battling Hate”
Tygodnik Polski, 27 October 2017 (text in Polish, available to read in Goniec Polski)
City News Radio, 25 October 2017 (sorry, recording is not available)
Rzeczpospolita, 26 May- “Rekordowa liczba Polaków występuje o stałą rezydenturę w W. Brytanii”
Gazeta Prawna, 27 April 2017 (text in Polish)
Interia, 27 April 2017 (text in Polish)
malydziennik.pl, 25 April 2017 (text in Polish)
France 24, 21 May 2014 – “European elections: Immigration dominates UK campaign”