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The hundreds of thousands of eastern European migrants who have moved to Britain in the past two years have been allocated only 1% of council or housing association flats, contrary to popular perception, research revealed today.
A paper for a meeting of the government's migration impacts forum said around 90% of those who arrived in the last two years - the biggest wave of immigration in Britain's recent history - are crowded into the bottom end of the private rented sector, often in poor conditions.
The report, by Joanne Roney of Sheffield City council, said some migrant workers, especially those who have only come for a short period, often accept poor housing conditions because they are on very low pay levels or need to send money home.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...publicservices
In other words, we're exploiting them. Not the other way round, they're not sponging off the British taxpayer, they're not being given preference in flats over ordinarydecentwhiteworkingclass Britons, they're putting up with poor housing, paying British landlords for the privilege and working hard in low paid jobs.
Can we now give the petty small-minded xenophobia some bloody rest please?*
* No, in all probability. But it's worth asking.