Leading article: The truth about migration / Independent, 22 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-truth-about-migration-905358.html

Not so long ago, the headlines were full of dire warnings about the number of Poles and other East and Central European migrants who were entering Britain. We were told that public services in market towns were being put under intolerable strain and that local transport networks were at breaking point. The question troubling House of Commons committees and Whitehall mandarins was what measures could be taken to mitigate the social impact of such migration.