Hello we will present ypu our subject on the eight European countries who joined the EU and came

to find work in
Britain.
In the first place, the European Union didn't get formed at once. Ater the end of World War 2 in 1945, the Europe
was divided in three parts, the western bloc, the eastern bloc and the third world. In 1957, 6 countries created
the European Economic Community (EEC) we can name it as the base of the EU. Time went by and the EU
started to expand even more.
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On may 1 2004, 8 Eastern European countries joined the EU, they're called A8 and they are composed of
Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The people who immigrated to
Britain needed a better life, a better professional life. The research indicates that migrants are positively
impacting upon such areas by increasing demand for private rented and owner-occupied housing, as well as
having skills and qualifications that are supportive of achieving regional employment targets.
In fact Eastern Europeans migrated throughout the UK, but with significant concentrations in some regional cities,
their presence being at the same strongly felt. Most immigrants join existing communities in London or other
urban centres. On the other hand, only 15% work in London, with the rest spread across the country. Cities like
Edinburgh, Southampton, Boston and Crewe have welcomed thousands of immigrants.
Contemporary immigration is distinguished by the fact that it no longer concerns only the traditional destinations
of migrants: large urban centres, such as London or Birmingham. Immigration is now a much more diffuse
process, with significant immigrant populations settling in small towns and rural England.
Between 2002 and 2007, 690,000 Poles settled in Britain and 200,000 in Ireland. Nationals of other PECO
(Central and Eastern European Countrie) also settled in Britain, but the Poles were by far the most numerous,
ahead of the Indians. Since the late 20th century, they have become one of the largest ethnic minorities in the
country alongside Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Germans and the Irish. The Polish language is the second-
most spoken language in England and the third-most spoken in the UK after English and Welsh. About 1% of the
UK population speaks Polish.
For example in 2001 , the UK Census recorded 12 ,000 Czechs born as residents in the UK which is a really big
number.In 2004,when the A8 countries gained the right to work elsewhere in the EU , large number of them
moved to UK ,although there have been substantials return migration There is a total of 13 Estonian societies in
the UK, the oldest being the London Estonian Society established in 1921. According to the Office for National
Statistics,
there were 13.000 Estonians living in the UK in 2018. Whereas the Embassy of Estonia estimates the number of
Estonian citizens living in the UK as between 15.000-20.000 of which around 3000 to 5000 live in London.
Since Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, the UK's Hungarian population has grown significantly.
Although official ONS estimates are that there were about 98,000 Hungarians living in the UK in 2019, other
organisations estimate that the correct number is about 200,000.The Office for National Statistics estimated that
in 2019 there were 98,000 Hungarian-born people resident in the UK: 47,000 males and 50,000 females.
However, there are other estimates that between 200,000 and 220,000 Hungarians were living in the UK in 2020.
Great Britain has become the main destination for new Latvian migrants, with some estimates suggesting that as
many as 100,000 people from Latvia are living there. Most moved to Britain during the past decade, particularly
during the economic recession between 2008 and 2010. There are substantial groups of Latvian migrants
concentrated in UK towns like Bradford, Peterborough and Leicester but the community is nevertheless rather
scattered and socially stratified along socio-economic lines. About 100,000 Latvians are living in the UK,
according to British estimates, while Latvia's Foreign Ministry puts the number at up to 150,000.
From 2001 to 2013 and above the number of immigrated residents has raised a lot throughout the
years.According to the Census record 4 363 lithuanians zere in England but in 2013 this number has increased to
144 000 of lithuanians
And, they were 5000 Slovenians in Britain before the BREXIT but we couldn't find any information of the actual
number of Slovenians today in Britain.
Based on official British statistics available to the embassy, some 85,000 Slovaks are currently living in Britain.
To sum up, we can say that the entry of these 8 countries into the European Union triggered a wave of
immigration in Great Britain so a sharp increase in the number of migrants in search of a better life. The number
of migrants in Britain has blow up after their arrival in European Union.