Issue No. 6, January 2007

Rising East Online

Poles Apart: East Europeans and East London

Immigrants from Poland and other EU accession states stand out as the biggest group to enter East London in recent times. How has East London received them?

In this issue

Polish experts on why their compatriots Go West
For and Against London by East European immigrants
Hungary has an immigration panic like London’s
Warm reception from East London students
Polish hip hop in East London club

Plus

The State of the Gateway: secretary of state Ruth Kelly sampled and mixed down into debate with local residents
Game On: will London 2012 win the race against the clock? Londoners’ views at odds with Mayor Ken and the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
My Space: what people do to make a bit of East London their own
Photo-Essay: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Travellers awaiting site verdict

Also…

Rising East combines analysis and scholarly work with reportage, comment, reviews, interviews and illustration. Views expressed in Rising East are not those of the University of East London, nor of the London East Research Institute. Since Rising East is a platform for debate, to endorse every view expressed here would be impossible.

Editor: Andrew Calcutt a.calcutt@uel.ac.uk
Editor at large: Phil Cohen
Web developer: Alex Logvynovskiy
Editorial consultants: Munira Mirza, Emmanuel Ohajah

Thanks to the UEL webteam

Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of individual authors, and not the University of East London.

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The consensus was that immigrants, and Eastern Europeans in particular, have had a positive impact on the UK economy:
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