Majority of Poles plan to stay

The majority of Polish migrants arriving in Britain plan to stay permanently, research has revealed.

The finding undermines official suggestions that many Eastern Europeans in the UK are short-term visitors with no intention of remaining.

A study found more than half those arriving to work want to stay for at least four years - and many plan to remain indefinitely.

The long-term nature of Eastern European immigration was underlined by the finding that four out of ten recent arrivals have brought family members over with them.

The survey, carried out at British ports and stations by a Warsaw-based market research firm, indicated that more than 300,000 Poles could stay permanently.

This contrasts sharply with the figure of 13,000 migrants predicted by the Home Office when Poland and seven other countries joined the European Union in April 2004.

We already have 200,000 homes that are housing immigrants and not Brits born in this country. How many more Brits will have to wait years just so we can allow more and more immigrants in?