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: The operator in a food factory is a reserved but friendly character who searched for financial security when he and his wife decided to move here. The UK was not necessarily their first choice. They considered going to Denmark or Norway, but decided to move to the UK, after Marius’ cousin, who lives here too, suggested relocating here. Marius says that they also thought it would be easier for them to start working here. This proved to be right. 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?’ ‘