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Misery of the Polish newcomers

Everybody loves the Poles but Andrzej Tutkaj is sceptical about the benefits of the march from East to West

issue 28 January 2006

Everybody loves the Poles. Everybody loves reliable plumbers and natural-born nannies. Only Andrzej Tutkaj, of the Federation of Poles in Great Britain, is sceptical about the benefits of the march from East to West.

I spoke to Mr Tutkaj on the telephone this week and asked him how all the new Poles were faring in London.

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