Comment by shayhtfc on 17/05/2021 at 21:54 UTC

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View submission: Why are Eastern Europeans overlooked when it comes to discussing diversity or social issues in the UK?

When it comes to programmes like Citizen Khan, I don't think that Eastern Europeans are seen yet as being a group of people who are migrating to Britain, and 'becoming British' so to say.

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Whereas Indians, Pakistanis etc are moving here, and lets be honest, won't be going back, ever, there's still a perception that Eastern Europeans are coming here to work, then to go back home again.

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Comment by Dark-Peak at 18/05/2021 at 07:09 UTC

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And also, second generation eastern Europeans are often indistinguishable from the native population. So even if they do settle, they kind of vanish pretty quickly. Any white character in EastEnders could have a script written where they find out they're actually half Polish.