Thousands of Polish migrants are applying for welfare benefits in the UK as the recession wipes away the jobs that lured them to the UK, the Financial Times has learnt. Employment and benefits advisers are reporting a surge in the number of Polish people coming to them for advice about how to survive the recession in Britain. That suggests many Poles are determined to ride out the economic downturn in the UK even though anecdotal reports suggest thousands of central European workers are returning home.
(Das wirft nebenbei ein eher schlechtes Licht auf jene "anekdotischen Berichte" - wahrscheinlich von Journalisten verfasst, die schon vorher genau wussten, was sie herausfinden würden.)