'No job problem before eastern Europeans arrived' Outrage in UK's most Eurosceptic town
AN ANGERED member of the public has spoke out about there not being a job issue in Lincolnshire before eastern Europeans turned up.
Boston local on why immigration makes him pro-Brexit
Furious over the rise of immigration in Boston, Lincolnshire, one resident spoke out about how it has left people struggling for work.
Resident's revealed how there were no issues in getting a job before immigration impacted the area, however the situation now influenced their Brexit vote.
In the EU referendum, more people in Boston voted to leave the European Union than anywhere else in the UK.
Speaking to Sky News, Alan Bell revealed how immigration has impacted the local area and has stopped some people from getting jobs.
A Boston resident spoke out about the immigration struggles where he lives
He said: “I feel some of it is along socio-economic lines due to the fact that there are some people who used to work on the land previously struggling to get jobs now.
“I hear it regularly that people say we can’t get English people to work, well before the eastern Europeans came there wasn’t a problem, and they managed to get the people.
“Now English people are struggling to get jobs in that sector (the agriculture industry).
“Because eastern Europeans will either work cheaper, or are being exploited by gang masters.”
More than 75 per cent of people voted to Leave the European Union on June 23 in Boston, with other parts of Lincolnshire, such as South Holland and East Lindsey having Leave figures of above 70 per cent.
Pro Brexit demonstrators calling for Article 50 to be triggered back in November
Before the eastern European’s came there wasn’t a problem
Prime Minister Theresa May replied on Sky News to the immigration frustrations in Lincolnshire and across the UK.
She said: “We put a number of changes to immigration when we came in precisely because we recognised the concerns that people had about immigration.
“The reason why we were looking to bring those changes in was because, we knew that particularly for people who were on lower incomes, immigration did have an impact on their wages.
“When people voted in the referendum on June 23, yes they voted to leave the European Union, but they also voted for change, and this year, 2017, is the year where we start to make that happen”.