As my project draws to an end I have been asking myself if the New EU generation is actually happy living in England. Most of the people I photographed have a job, a flat and friends and have been rather successful in starting a new life abroad. Sometimes they feel just "lucky" to be here and aim to stay for quite a while.
Yet it is much harder for others. Some people are home sick and don't feel part of the community they live in, a Joseph Rowntree report has revealed. There are issues for young people such as missing their friends back home, constant job changes, extremely high bills etc. Some go back home - disappointed by their journey to the UK.
In it's dispatches series "Immigration: The inconvenient truth", Channel 4 recently came up with the term "International Commuters" saying many Eastern Europeans now fly back and fourth for work- between Poland and the UK for instance. They also reveal that migrants now prefer Spain, Greece or even Sweden to the UK and are moving away from Britain.
Whatever your situation- I want to hear from you!
I would like to follow up on the New EU Generation who knows no borders.
Cheerio...Julia
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