Title: No vote, no voice: EU migrants and the general election
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24 April 2015
No vote, no voice: EU migrants and the general election

Content: Two weeks after arriving in the UK, Marius got a job, a flat and a few months later his wife and son followed him. Igor says: “ I think English people have wrong opinions of how things work. A few days ago I had a discussion with colleagues and they think that as soon as people arrive in the UK they start to claim benefits and get gifted everything. I started laughing and asked ‘where do you get that from?’ ‘ From the news’, they said.” But migrants are also often unaware of their rights. A part of the Migrant Workers group is to explain to EU migrants that they can vote in the local elections, because no one else tells them. Igor remembers one particular evening when he saw a taxi with a Ukip badge on the back of the car. “ I was swearing like hell and told the driver that he can’t put that up and show his political views at work.”