Why go to Blighty when you can sign on here and work illegally in Germany?

Polish-British private job intermediary ITC is having a tough time finding people in the Lubuskie voivodship (which has an unemployment rate of almost 27%) to work legally in the United Kingdom for a salary of between GBP 700-1,000 a month. "I am now working illegally for a German farmer, getting three euro per hour and I'm home in Zielona Góra every weekend, I also get health insurance by registering as unemployed in Poland," explains 38-year old Waldemar. Edward Kraszewski, deputy director of the Voivodship Labor Office in Zielona Góra, said that this is a common sentiment. "On July 22, another group of employers are coming over from Britain, looking for nurses and butchers, but I already know that there will be problems with recruitment," he added. According to Kraszewski, around one-third of the 100,000 registered unemployed in the region would not accept a job because they are already working illegally. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) T.J.