In its key message for political decision-makers this edited volume is timely, crucial, but most of all straightforward. e message is simple: Brexit is not just about macro-political shis, legal earthquakes and the forging of future global alliances. Brexit is about real people, leading real ordinary lives that are about to be severely disrupted. Millions of people in the United Kingdom – migrants, non-migrants, British and EU citizens – are going to have to adapt to new social and economic conditions. Among them, a large group of Polish citizens who have their own concerns about what the new, post-Brexit Britain will look like. e majority of them call this country their home. It will be up to British and European politicians to make sure this home is a pleasant one. is book is a must-read for anyone seriously committed to this task. Dr Michał Garapich University of Roehampton, London e publication provides the reader with a thorough sociological and legal analysis based on solid empirical material. It truly captures the essence of the right to withdraw from the EU on the example of Brexit, which can be described in one word – uncertainty. Dr Waldemar Gontarski European School of Law and Administration, Warsaw ISBN: 978-0-9568839-6-4 Brexit and Polonia: Challenges facing the Polish Community during the process of Britain leaving the European Union The Polish University Abroad thanks the De Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation and The Hanna & Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust for financially supporting this publication. iii Brexit and Polonia: Challenges facing the Polish Community during the process of Britain leaving the European Union Edited by Michael Fleming The Polish University Abroad, London The Polish University Abroad thanks the De Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation and The Hanna & Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust for financially supporting this publication. iv v Contents The article by Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer and Dennis Novy ‘The fundamental factors behind the Brexit vote’ was previously published at Acknowledgements vii VoxEU.org here: https://voxeu.org/article/fundamental-factors-behind- Notes on Contributors / Speakers at the 2017 Conference ix brexit-vote ©VoxEU.org. Introduction 1 © PUNO PRESS, 2018 Michael Fleming The Polish University Abroad, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)20 8846 9305 Part 1: The socio-cultural contours of Brexit 25 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CE Print Limited in Bristol. The fundamental factors behind the Brexit vote 27 Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer and Dennis Novy All rights reserved. No reproduction of any part of this publication may take place without the written permission of PUNO PRESS. Migration in EU referendum campaign ephemera 35 PUNO PRESS has no responsibility for the accuracy or continuation of Alexandra Bulat URLs of third-party internet websites referred to in this publication. The origins of the Polish Diaspora in the UK after the Second World War: Poles in the UK 45 The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of the Agata Błaszczyk work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. ISBN: 978-0-9568839-6-4 Part 2: Brexit in relation to Britain’s Polish community 61 Experiences of Polish-born adolescents in Britain during the run-up to Brexit 63 Sara Young Should we stay or should we go? Poles in the UK during Brexit 83 Grażyna Czubińska, Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Agnieszka Golińska and Justyna Kulczyk Brexit Mobilities: Anticipating a new Polish mobility regime in the UK 105 Kathy Burrell iv v Contents The article by Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer and Dennis Novy ‘The fundamental factors behind the Brexit vote’ was previously published at Acknowledgements vii VoxEU.org here: https://voxeu.org/article/fundamental-factors-behind- Notes on Contributors / Speakers at the 2017 Conference ix brexit-vote ©VoxEU.org. Introduction 1 © PUNO PRESS, 2018 Michael Fleming The Polish University Abroad, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)20 8846 9305 Part 1: The socio-cultural contours of Brexit 25 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CE Print Limited in Bristol. The fundamental factors behind the Brexit vote 27 Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer and Dennis Novy All rights reserved. No reproduction of any part of this publication may take place without the written permission of PUNO PRESS. Migration in EU referendum campaign ephemera 35 PUNO PRESS has no responsibility for the accuracy or continuation of Alexandra Bulat URLs of third-party internet websites referred to in this publication. The origins of the Polish Diaspora in the UK after the Second World War: Poles in the UK 45 The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of the Agata Błaszczyk work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. ISBN: 978-0-9568839-6-4 Part 2: Brexit in relation to Britain’s Polish community 61 Experiences of Polish-born adolescents in Britain during the run-up to Brexit 63 Sara Young Should we stay or should we go? Poles in the UK during Brexit 83 Grażyna Czubińska, Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Agnieszka Golińska and Justyna Kulczyk Brexit Mobilities: Anticipating a new Polish mobility regime in the UK 105 Kathy Burrell vi vii Part 3: Brexit as seen by (representatives of) the Polish Acknowledgements community in the UK 119 This book brings together papers presented at a conference EU citizens’ rights – two realities 121 focused on the challenges facing the Polish community during the Wiktor Moszczyński process of Britain leaving the European Union that took place on 16 December 2017. The conference was organised by The Polish Brexit concerns as seen by the Federation of Poles in Great University Abroad (the Institute of Social Science and the Institute of Britain and how they can be addressed 130 European Culture) and received funding from the Polonia Aid Włodzimierz Mier-Jędrzejowicz Foundation Trust and the Young Polish Emigrants’ Association. The organisers of the conference thank these organisations for their support. The impact of Brexit on inclusion and integration of Poles in The conference organisers also thank all the speakers who the UK 134 presented their work at the conference. The organisers especially thank Barbara Drozdowicz Andy Slaughter, Member of Parliament for Hammersmith (Labour), and Sally Hamwee, a Liberal Democrat peer and spokesperson on Implications of Brexit for Polish business in the United Home Affairs, for their contribution to the conference and for sharing Kingdom and abroad 139 their views on Brexit and its impact on Britain’s EU communities. Katarzyna Bogusławska Special thanks are due to the following people who helped to organise the conference and ensured that it was a success: Halina Brexit and Polish children in the UK 143 Stochniol, Danuta Nadaj, Magdalena Zegarlińska, Roman Mazur, Adriana Górka Grażyna Czubińska, Halina Taborska, Wojtek Rappak, Edyta Kozłowska, Agata Pempera, Ilona Mościcka, Ula Walczak, Andrzej Nawój, Maciej Borzecki, Piotr Surmaczyński. Part 4: A view from parliament 145 The Polish University Abroad thanks the De Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation and The Hanna & Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust for European Citizens 147 financially supporting the publication of Brexit and Polonia: Sally Hamwee Challenges facing the Polish Community during the process of Britain leaving the European Union. Appendix: Conference Programme (16 December 2017) 150 Index 152 vi vii Part 3: Brexit as seen by (representatives of) the Polish Acknowledgements community in the UK 119 This book brings together papers presented at a conference EU citizens’ rights – two realities 121 focused on the challenges facing the Polish community during the Wiktor Moszczyński process of Britain leaving the European Union that took place on 16 December 2017. The conference was organised by The Polish Brexit concerns as seen by the Federation of Poles in Great University Abroad (the Institute of Social Science and the Institute of Britain and how they can be addressed 130 European Culture) and received funding from the Polonia Aid Włodzimierz Mier-Jędrzejowicz Foundation Trust and the Young Polish Emigrants’ Association. The organisers of the conference thank these organisations for their support. The impact of Brexit on inclusion and integration of Poles in The conference organisers also thank all the speakers who the UK 134 presented their work at the conference. The organisers especially thank Barbara Drozdowicz Andy Slaughter, Member of Parliament for Hammersmith (Labour), and Sally Hamwee, a Liberal Democrat peer and spokesperson on Implications of Brexit for Polish business in the United Home Affairs, for their contribution to the conference and for sharing Kingdom and abroad 139 their views on Brexit and its impact on Britain’s EU communities. Katarzyna Bogusławska Special thanks are due to the following people who helped to organise the conference and ensured that it was a success: Halina Brexit and Polish children in the UK 143 Stochniol, Danuta Nadaj, Magdalena Zegarlińska, Roman Mazur, Adriana Górka Grażyna Czubińska, Halina Taborska, Wojtek Rappak, Edyta Kozłowska, Agata Pempera, Ilona Mościcka, Ula Walczak, Andrzej Nawój, Maciej Borzecki, Piotr Surmaczyński. Part 4: A view from parliament 145 The Polish University Abroad thanks the De Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation and The Hanna & Zdzislaw Broncel Charitable Trust for European Citizens 147 financially supporting the publication of Brexit and Polonia: Sally Hamwee Challenges facing the Polish Community during the process of Britain leaving the European Union. Appendix: Conference Programme (16 December 2017) 150 Index 152 viii ix Notes on Contributors / Speakers at the 2017 Conference Sascha O. Becker is the Deputy Head of the Department of Economics and the Research Director of the ESRC Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick. Agata Błaszczyk is currently the head of the Polish Emigration Research Unit at The Polish University Abroad (PUNO) in London.