A booklet aimed at informing the growing Polish population in Broxtowe Borough has recently been published in Polish.
The booklet, translated by the MI widening Project – MVW, contains essential information for migrant Polish workers, and their families, on health, accommodation, working, children services, housing, crime prevention, fire safety, transport and learn
ing English.
A spokesperson for the council said: "Although featuring in national headlines in recent times, migrant and seasonal workers are not new to this county and the economy has relied upon them particularly in rural areas.
"The increase in migration has led to Broxtowe Council and its partners considering new ways to welcome and support workers from outside the UK.
"The arrival of these workers can provide significant benefits including: people to fill jobs which could not be filled from within the UK workforce; bringing a new cultural diversity and different perspectives."
The booklet is part of the Council's equalities and diversity programme of initiatives and on request, is also available in French, German and Czech to other migrant workers living in the Broxtowe.
The Polski booklet will also both feature on the Council's website and will be available to download at
www.broxtowe.gov.uk or by contacting Broxtowe Borough Council on 0115 917 3395.
National Insurance Number registrations in respect of non-UK nationals from 2002/03 to 2005/6, by local authority and country of origin show that Broxtowe in 2005/6 had 660 such registrations, which is a rise of 39 per cent over figures in 2002/3.
In Nottinghamshire the ethnic groups included in that figure the greatest proportion of people were Slovak (120), followed by Chinese (90); then Polish (70), Indian (50) and Latvian (30).
The figures show that, of all the districts in Nottinghamshire, Broxtowe had the highest number of such migrant workers - 22 per cent of the total.
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