Life in Immigration Town

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0:00:02 > 0:00:06Tonight on Panorama, how immigration is dividing

0:00:06 > 0:00:09Britain's most diverse town.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11But you, sir, came from another country, didn't you?

0:00:11 > 0:00:15That's true. I am. If I am rude, chuck them out.

0:00:17 > 0:00:19Migrant labour has given Slough one

0:00:19 > 0:00:22of the UK's most successful economies.

0:00:22 > 0:00:26If you take the migrant workers out of it, who's going to do the work?

0:00:28 > 0:00:29But when I came here ten years

0:00:29 > 0:00:33ago, the town was already struggling with immigration.

0:00:34 > 0:00:35They're very angry

0:00:35 > 0:00:38around here, you know what I mean? Very angry.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41So, how many new arrivals can one place take?

0:00:42 > 0:00:48I'm born in Slough and I'm in the minority in my own little world.

0:00:49 > 0:00:54And why are thousands of white Brits abandoning immigration town?

0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm not worried about the diversity of people here,

0:00:57 > 0:00:59it's simply there are too many.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25Father and son are on their way to work.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32Arturo Sr and Jr are

0:01:32 > 0:01:36from Seville in Spain, where almost a third of the population

0:01:36 > 0:01:37is unemployed.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45Arturo Sr came here last summer, even though Britain had

0:01:45 > 0:01:47already voted to leave Europe.

0:01:47 > 0:01:49Now, they both work in Slough.

0:01:51 > 0:01:55- It's a grande problema.- Grande problema, grande, grande, grande.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00Label?

0:02:00 > 0:02:03He speaks hardly any English, but Arturo can do the work.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Yeah, do a label for that one, mate. - OK.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11He's one of the best people I work with here. Every day I work with

0:02:11 > 0:02:14him. This is our little bench, this is.

0:02:15 > 0:02:17At the printing firm, he works

0:02:17 > 0:02:22alongside his son. Arturo Jr was the first of the family to arrive

0:02:22 > 0:02:24in Slough.

0:02:24 > 0:02:28The family home was about to be repossessed in Spain, so he

0:02:28 > 0:02:31helped his 60-year-old dad to find a job in the UK.

0:02:47 > 0:02:52He was like reborn. Because you have a new country, new language, new

0:02:52 > 0:02:57weather, new culture, new food and new job, because that's the first

0:02:57 > 0:02:59time he do that kind of job.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12They haven't been put off by Brexit.

0:03:12 > 0:03:16The whole family has moved to the UK for work.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Collection.- OK.

0:03:20 > 0:03:21That's different.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26You can't actually get to the workforce you need if they're not

0:03:26 > 0:03:28going to allow people to come here.

0:03:28 > 0:03:31Where do we end up then? You can't expand.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35Immigration, I think, for work, is good. I don't have a

0:03:35 > 0:03:38problem with it.

0:03:38 > 0:03:42I think it's the work ethic that people bring is

0:03:42 > 0:03:44very, very good.

0:03:47 > 0:03:50I made a Panorama about Slough ten years ago.

0:03:50 > 0:03:54It was clear then some were unhappy about the new arrivals.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59They're taking everything.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06If you heard what people were saying back

0:04:06 > 0:04:11- then, Brexit may not have come as a surprise.- They're very angry around

0:04:11 > 0:04:14here. You know what I mean? Very angry. Like, people have been living

0:04:14 > 0:04:18here all their life, worked and paid tax and all that, they get nothing.

0:04:22 > 0:04:27Ten years on, immigration is now THE national issue and at the

0:04:27 > 0:04:32heart of the Brexit negotiations. So where does that leave a town built

0:04:32 > 0:04:35on foreign workers?

0:04:35 > 0:04:38To see how immigration has changed Slough since

0:04:38 > 0:04:41I was last here, I went to St Anthony's Catholic School.

0:04:43 > 0:04:47Who was born outside of Britain in a different country?

0:04:50 > 0:04:53About half of you. About half of you.

0:04:53 > 0:04:57How many of you, your parents were born in a different country,

0:04:57 > 0:04:59they weren't born here in Britain?

0:05:03 > 0:05:06That is pretty much everybody.

0:05:10 > 0:05:15More than half the pupils start school unable to speak much English,

0:05:15 > 0:05:17like this girl.

0:05:17 > 0:05:22- What is it?- Orange.- Good girl. It is the colour orange.

0:05:22 > 0:05:28- And what is it? Do you know what it is?- A car.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31It is. A car or a bus. Can you say

0:05:31 > 0:05:34that in a sentence?

0:05:34 > 0:05:40Antonia, say, "I have got an orange bus."

0:05:41 > 0:05:45- I have got an orange bus.- Good girl.

0:05:47 > 0:05:50By the time they leave, all the pupils can

0:05:50 > 0:05:52read and speak English fluently.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Immigration has doubled the number

0:05:56 > 0:06:01of pupils at this school since 2004, which saved it from closure.

0:06:01 > 0:06:05It was in a poor state of repair, because of falling rolls.

0:06:05 > 0:06:10There wasn't enough money to look after the classrooms, the building

0:06:10 > 0:06:13or surroundings. The school was in the position where it was likely to

0:06:13 > 0:06:18- close.- So, you've seen this school transformed because of immigration?

0:06:18 > 0:06:23Absolutely. Absolutely. It invested money into the school and it's

0:06:23 > 0:06:25brought a richness in many ways.

0:06:33 > 0:06:3652% of the pupils are from a Polish background.

0:06:38 > 0:06:42I've heard, you know, the Polish are horrible and they're

0:06:42 > 0:06:45not nice. That was one of the reasons I didn't bring my children

0:06:45 > 0:06:51here first of all. Because I heard that there was no English taught at

0:06:51 > 0:06:55all. And that everybody was Polish. I was like, "Oh, you know, I need my

0:06:55 > 0:06:59"children to learn something." But I came in, looked around and it's not

0:06:59 > 0:07:03like that. So, sometimes you can't just listen to word of mouth.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06What about you, how does the mix work?

0:07:06 > 0:07:09You're Polish and British, how does it work?

0:07:09 > 0:07:14At school, I speak English, and, at home, I speak Polish.

0:07:14 > 0:07:18So, you're Polish at home, British at school? Poland play England at

0:07:18 > 0:07:20football, who do you want to win?

0:07:21 > 0:07:26- Hard to say.- A draw? England play

0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Romania?- England.- England?

0:07:29 > 0:07:31Jamie Vardy, I think he might put two goals in.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34Jamie Vardy, even got a scorer, that's great, well done.

0:07:38 > 0:07:44The children in this school speak 31 languages. Across the town 150

0:07:44 > 0:07:45languages are spoken.

0:07:46 > 0:07:50Slough may look a model of integration, but

0:07:50 > 0:07:56even our most diverse town wants change, 54% voted for Brexit.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02So, has Slough had enough of immigration?

0:08:04 > 0:08:07We're doing a thing about Brexit and immigration.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09- BLEEP- you're in the right place.

0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Why?- No comment.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17A lot of the guys, they lose their

0:08:17 > 0:08:20jobs to people that come from you know, from

0:08:20 > 0:08:25- around Europe and stuff like that. - They literally do? Do they think

0:08:25 > 0:08:28- that they do or they actually do? - They actually do.- Why do they

0:08:28 > 0:08:30get the jobs?

0:08:30 > 0:08:32Maybe cos they get out of bed in the morning.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35Maybe they work harder, maybe they want it more, I don't know.

0:08:35 > 0:08:39I think it's too much immigration here. There's too many

0:08:39 > 0:08:45Polish people and too many, I don't know, the Indian people. It's hard

0:08:45 > 0:08:48to find, like, an English person here.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51- But you're a Polish person. - Yes, I am.

0:08:51 > 0:08:53On the whole, do you think immigration has been good or bad for

0:08:53 > 0:08:58- Slough?- Absolutely good. There's no way that you can't move forward

0:08:58 > 0:09:00without people coming into this country.

0:09:00 > 0:09:04But I think you've only got so many resources to supply all the demand.

0:09:04 > 0:09:06PEOPLE SING

0:09:13 > 0:09:16So, is immigration still working for Slough or is it starting to

0:09:16 > 0:09:19harm the town?

0:09:20 > 0:09:24While new migrants are still arriving, some of the those who came

0:09:24 > 0:09:26here for a better life want out.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33The Polish community has told us that

0:09:33 > 0:09:37dozens of Poles have left the town since the Brexit vote.

0:09:40 > 0:09:44Konrad and his wife have been working here as carers for elderly

0:09:44 > 0:09:46people for more than a decade.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51But they no longer feel as welcome.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56I think, now, we

0:09:56 > 0:10:00think more about coming back to Poland than before.

0:10:00 > 0:10:04- Why?- Because

0:10:04 > 0:10:11- I've got feeling they don't want us here.- My feeling, we always will be

0:10:11 > 0:10:15- immigrants. Always.- You're almost not an immigrant, because you've

0:10:15 > 0:10:20- been here all of your life?- Yes, I'm still an immigrant. I was born in

0:10:20 > 0:10:25Poland. I came here. I immigrated and still people think I don't

0:10:25 > 0:10:30- belong here.- Mr Farage, for me, opened the Pandora box.

0:10:30 > 0:10:34Now it's just worse, worse than it was before.

0:10:36 > 0:10:41They committed themselves to the UK and bought their own home.

0:10:41 > 0:10:43Now they've sold it in case they need to

0:10:43 > 0:10:46leave quickly and they're renting.

0:10:46 > 0:10:48That's very unsettling, though.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51That's why we're renting the house now

0:10:51 > 0:10:55and not buying a new one. Because we are not sure.

0:10:55 > 0:10:59Before I came here, I thought immigration, moving around

0:10:59 > 0:11:04and, you know, work is open. It's fantastic. But, unfortunately,

0:11:04 > 0:11:10people, we always think we are the best, we are better than you. So, if

0:11:10 > 0:11:14you look at this point, immigration is wrong. Immigration is wrong.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21Immigration has helped make Slough an economic success.

0:11:21 > 0:11:22Unemployment is

0:11:22 > 0:11:28just 1.4%, the average wage is amongst the highest in the country,

0:11:28 > 0:11:32£558 per week.

0:11:32 > 0:11:33Slough is booming.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40Ten years ago, I visited this stonemason's,

0:11:40 > 0:11:44run by Italian migrants and using Polish workers.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47They used to come in with a rucksack on their back, on foot.

0:11:47 > 0:11:50Then we started seeing bikes come in.

0:11:50 > 0:11:54Now they've all got nice cars. A couple are purchasing property with

0:11:54 > 0:11:57mortgages.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59Hi, Richard. Good to see you again.

0:11:59 > 0:12:00- Ten years.- Passes, doesn't it?

0:12:00 > 0:12:02- How's life?- Yeah, very good.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05'This place reflects Slough's success.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08'In the ten years since I was last here,

0:12:08 > 0:12:11'the business has tripled its workforce.'

0:12:11 > 0:12:13- More business?- More business.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16'Immigrants have helped build this company,

0:12:16 > 0:12:20'so is Salve using foreign workers ahead of English

0:12:20 > 0:12:22'because they're cheap?'

0:12:22 > 0:12:23No. Not at all.

0:12:23 > 0:12:27You can get someone of any... wherever they've come from

0:12:27 > 0:12:29for a cheap price.

0:12:29 > 0:12:32The minute they can do the job, they can go somewhere else.

0:12:32 > 0:12:34There's no absolutely no benefit in terms of cost.

0:12:36 > 0:12:39Salve is always looking for new staff.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42- He's a nice bloke. He's a Polish bloke.- His English?

0:12:42 > 0:12:46- His English is good.- His English is good?- He's a good attitude.

0:12:46 > 0:12:49He's a really good guy.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53We've got a lot of Eastern European workers here in this company.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57They've always been here. We can't lose them. We need them.

0:12:57 > 0:12:59Not... Because we don't pay them any cheaper.

0:12:59 > 0:13:01It's because they're very good workers.

0:13:01 > 0:13:04And they're our friends now, as well.

0:13:04 > 0:13:06Some of those friends on the shop floor

0:13:06 > 0:13:10say if they're not wanted in the country, they'll leave.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14Profession, I've got 20 years' experience

0:13:14 > 0:13:16as a stonemason's sculptor, yeah?

0:13:16 > 0:13:19I can find a job everywhere.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Some people don't have a choice.

0:13:30 > 0:13:34Arturo and his family are getting used to a new life in Slough,

0:13:34 > 0:13:38but they left Spain because their business went under.

0:13:41 > 0:13:43OK. Yeah?

0:13:43 > 0:13:46When you heard about Brexit,

0:13:46 > 0:13:49that British people had voted to come out of the European Union,

0:13:49 > 0:13:52did you have second thoughts about moving to Slough?

0:13:52 > 0:13:54TRANSLATION:

0:14:16 > 0:14:19Slough attracts people because of the work.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23The town itself is then changed by the new arrivals.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29Ten years ago, some locals were already unhappy.

0:14:29 > 0:14:33You can't walk down the streets now, like you used to be able to.

0:14:33 > 0:14:36You're just frightened to walk down the streets.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38You walk through Chalvey, you can't.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43Since then, Slough has changed even more.

0:14:43 > 0:14:49White British people make up just 34.5% of the population.

0:14:49 > 0:14:54For the first time, white Brits are a minority.

0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Got lots of tools and stuff up here...- Right.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11..that we could get rid of.

0:15:11 > 0:15:15Ann and Bernie are getting ready to move away.

0:15:15 > 0:15:17It's the old telephones with...

0:15:19 > 0:15:22..with numbers and letters.

0:15:22 > 0:15:24Do you want to throw stuff in there?

0:15:24 > 0:15:27They lived in this house for 35 years.

0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Put these things in there.- This is for the bin, yeah?- Yeah.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36They've both spent nearly all their lives in Slough,

0:15:36 > 0:15:41but they've decided to leave the town and move to Norfolk.

0:15:41 > 0:15:44I don't feel any antipathy against the people,

0:15:44 > 0:15:47it's simply that it's not for me any more,

0:15:47 > 0:15:49so I want to move on, you know?

0:15:49 > 0:15:52I want to move to a place

0:15:52 > 0:15:55that is more like what I've been used to as a youngster.

0:15:55 > 0:15:57What about you, Ann? How does it make you feel?

0:15:57 > 0:16:01I feel quite sad. I just loved Slough and everything about it.

0:16:01 > 0:16:09But now I can't find anything that I like about Slough.

0:16:11 > 0:16:13Ann and Bernie aren't alone.

0:16:13 > 0:16:19In 2001, 69,000 white British people lived in Slough.

0:16:19 > 0:16:23By 2011, that figure had dropped to 48,000.

0:16:24 > 0:16:29This so-called white flight is happening across the country.

0:16:29 > 0:16:32White people are moving to live in whiter areas.

0:16:35 > 0:16:39What I am against is the uncontrolled immigration,

0:16:39 > 0:16:43the masses of people coming into the country now.

0:16:43 > 0:16:47And this country has only got so much resources.

0:16:47 > 0:16:50There is no tipping point, as such,

0:16:50 > 0:16:54it's just an accumulation of things, you know,

0:16:54 > 0:16:57that made us feel we would rather be...

0:16:57 > 0:17:00- rather go somewhere else. - It builds up slowly.

0:17:00 > 0:17:03- We've had the best of Slough. - You can't change Slough now.

0:17:03 > 0:17:06If people are happy with it, I'm happy for them,

0:17:06 > 0:17:09- but it's not for us.- Yeah.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11PEOPLE CALL OUT

0:17:14 > 0:17:16George, George, get in!

0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Matty...- Wake him up!

0:17:18 > 0:17:20Take a look at him, Liam!

0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Well done.- Work it.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24He's gone in!

0:17:24 > 0:17:27On a freezing pitch in the middle of Slough,

0:17:27 > 0:17:31Chalvey are fighting to stay top of the league.

0:17:31 > 0:17:34Too straight, one's got to drop in to receive.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36It's not happening.

0:17:39 > 0:17:42Chalvey is one of the most diverse parts

0:17:42 > 0:17:45of Britain's most diverse town.

0:17:45 > 0:17:47New communities often settle here first.

0:17:47 > 0:17:50FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS

0:17:59 > 0:18:03After the game, the team gathers at the working men's club.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06The members here reflect the old racial mix of Slough -

0:18:06 > 0:18:09white, black and Asian.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Did you score today? - Silly question, isn't it?

0:18:15 > 0:18:19Slough has always been proud of the way different communities get on,

0:18:19 > 0:18:22but there is tension about new arrivals.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Immigration needs to be nipped in the bud,

0:18:25 > 0:18:27simple, job done.

0:18:55 > 0:18:59There's a feeling here that public services are at breaking point.

0:19:01 > 0:19:03And some blame immigration.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06It's gone too far. It's not just the work itself,

0:19:06 > 0:19:11it's the draining it's having on the resources in the local community.

0:19:11 > 0:19:17You know, schools, hospitals and things like that.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19The immigration goes OK to a point,

0:19:19 > 0:19:22but when it overcomes the whole town,

0:19:22 > 0:19:24then the town starts closing down,

0:19:24 > 0:19:27which is what's happening in Slough.

0:19:27 > 0:19:28So, when Slough voted to come out of Europe,

0:19:28 > 0:19:31what were they saying, what was the message?

0:19:31 > 0:19:33We're fed up of all this influx of people every time.

0:19:33 > 0:19:36There is no housing for local people.

0:19:36 > 0:19:39There is a housing shortage in Slough,

0:19:39 > 0:19:43but immigrants are not given preferential treatment.

0:19:46 > 0:19:50Some think that immigration is changing Slough for the worst.

0:19:50 > 0:19:55Do you feel like a minority now in Slough, and how does that feel?

0:19:55 > 0:19:56Not only feel like it,

0:19:56 > 0:19:59it's the fact that we are, and it feels awful.

0:19:59 > 0:20:02It feels awful that I'm living in my own town.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05My mother was born in Slough, my father was born in Slough,

0:20:05 > 0:20:08God rest the pair of them, I'm born in Slough,

0:20:08 > 0:20:11and I'm a minority in my own little world.

0:20:11 > 0:20:15To me, there seems to be a big parallel between you coming over

0:20:15 > 0:20:18and doing work, and the Poles coming over and doing work -

0:20:18 > 0:20:20you both came here for a better life.

0:20:20 > 0:20:22Yeah. We were asked to come here.

0:20:24 > 0:20:26It was difficult to get somewhere to live,

0:20:26 > 0:20:29because, then, white people didn't want to take black people

0:20:29 > 0:20:31in their houses.

0:20:32 > 0:20:35That sort of ignorance about immigration, or about new people,

0:20:35 > 0:20:38do you think that applies now, as well,

0:20:38 > 0:20:41to Polish people or Romanians or whoever is coming into Slough?

0:20:41 > 0:20:43I think it does.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47I hear it every day on the street.

0:20:52 > 0:20:54I heard it on the street ten years ago.

0:20:56 > 0:20:57Hello.

0:20:57 > 0:20:59Hello, we're from the BBC.

0:20:59 > 0:21:02'I saw straightforward prejudice -

0:21:02 > 0:21:04'the Roma community was being singled out.'

0:21:04 > 0:21:06That's what I'm saying to you...

0:21:06 > 0:21:10But why are people nervous? Why would they want to run away?

0:21:10 > 0:21:12It's not nervous.

0:21:12 > 0:21:15- The thing is, because they don't want to see us...- Why?

0:21:15 > 0:21:18Because, you know, they think they are the best.

0:21:22 > 0:21:27Ten years on, people are still openly racist about the Roma.

0:21:28 > 0:21:32Some people are all right, some people are just scatty,

0:21:32 > 0:21:34disgusting human beings.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37- The Romanians.- Why do you have a problem with the Romanians?

0:21:37 > 0:21:40They are disgusting people, to be honest with you.

0:21:40 > 0:21:41Think about it.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44If they come to my restaurant,

0:21:44 > 0:21:46they're dogs when it comes to food.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50It all seems really, you know, bad language.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53They're dogs and they're not humans and stuff.

0:21:53 > 0:21:54Why do you say all that?

0:21:54 > 0:21:57I don't know. They have a different mentality.

0:22:00 > 0:22:04While we're on the street, a man calls us into the barber's.

0:22:04 > 0:22:07What were you saying to me through the window there?

0:22:07 > 0:22:10I say today, you came. No Romanians today.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12The Roma community is unpopular

0:22:12 > 0:22:16because some gather in the streets.

0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Today, you come...- Yeah.- Nobody... They see you - gone.

0:22:19 > 0:22:21Oh, right? So, if I wasn't here...

0:22:21 > 0:22:25If you weren't here, all the people, they stand up there in the side.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32- The Polish are better than the Romanians.- Why?

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Because this is rude.

0:22:35 > 0:22:39These people, who will stand up on the road all the time,

0:22:39 > 0:22:40they get good money.

0:22:40 > 0:22:45We people, all the time working and pay our taxes, pay everything.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49But you, sir, came from another country, didn't you?

0:22:49 > 0:22:51Yes, that's true. I am.

0:22:51 > 0:22:53If I am rude, chuck them out.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01What shocked me was how widespread these attitudes were.

0:23:03 > 0:23:05Even the local police officer

0:23:05 > 0:23:09seemed willing to label an entire community.

0:23:09 > 0:23:13The Roma gypsy community, they're the only fly in the ointment.

0:23:13 > 0:23:17There is a perceived problem with the residents.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20And, yes, there are some other issues, as well,

0:23:20 > 0:23:24but a lot of it is perceived by the residents of Chalvey

0:23:24 > 0:23:27about the big gatherings, the noise, the shouting,

0:23:27 > 0:23:30the kids and youths running around.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32But the Roma are not breaking the law.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35If they broke the law, there are laws that you can use against them?

0:23:35 > 0:23:37- That's it.- All they've got is a different method of integration.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39They just don't slot in.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41Everyone agrees that hanging around in large groups

0:23:41 > 0:23:44throughout the day and evenings isn't normal,

0:23:44 > 0:23:48especially talking loud, shouting at each other.

0:23:48 > 0:23:53It's intimidating, and a lot of people can't understand that.

0:23:53 > 0:23:58There is therefore the perception of antisocial crime going on.

0:23:59 > 0:24:00Immigration...

0:24:00 > 0:24:03I don't like that, that name.

0:24:03 > 0:24:04That's a nonsense name.

0:24:04 > 0:24:06I don't like that.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08But you can get your...

0:24:08 > 0:24:11English people say that we are immigrants.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13Have your say.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16They say, the Roma community,

0:24:16 > 0:24:18they hang around everywhere.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20That's all. That's the problem.

0:24:20 > 0:24:22They think we don't work, but we work.

0:24:22 > 0:24:26If we didn't work, we wouldn't have these clothes, looking good,

0:24:26 > 0:24:28we wouldn't have no food.

0:24:28 > 0:24:29Do you feel integrated?

0:24:29 > 0:24:32Are you part of Slough? Are you Roma or are you Slough?

0:24:32 > 0:24:35Are you a gypsy, as you told me, or are you Slough? Or are you both?

0:24:35 > 0:24:39- British.- I'm both. I'm both.- I'm British.- You're British?- Yes.

0:24:40 > 0:24:43I love being English, I love being in England.

0:24:43 > 0:24:45England is a good country.

0:24:48 > 0:24:50If you respect me, I respect you.

0:24:50 > 0:24:51Yeah, it's like this.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54Treat people how you want to get treated.

0:24:54 > 0:24:56That's how I am.

0:24:56 > 0:25:00The local bobby thinks the Roma community should behave

0:25:00 > 0:25:02in a more British way.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05Integration, it doesn't seem to be high on the agenda.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Hopefully, in time, that integration will happen

0:25:08 > 0:25:13and the kids growing up will feel more...more British

0:25:13 > 0:25:16and less...less...gypsy.

0:25:16 > 0:25:19I mean, we want them to feel proud of their roots,

0:25:19 > 0:25:22but we want them to understand

0:25:22 > 0:25:26that they are actually in another country.

0:25:33 > 0:25:37Across town, another Slough teenager is having a revision night.

0:25:37 > 0:25:42Arturo's son Daniel only arrived from Spain five months ago.

0:25:42 > 0:25:46How can I change it for the better, like, because...

0:25:46 > 0:25:50You could say, "She was relieved of her duties."

0:25:50 > 0:25:53He'll take his GCSEs this summer.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56Right now, he's still getting to grips with English.

0:25:56 > 0:25:59The first day was like, "Me not speak London."

0:25:59 > 0:26:01OK?

0:26:01 > 0:26:03Just imagine!

0:26:03 > 0:26:05I'm happy with my English right now

0:26:05 > 0:26:07because I see it's improving quite fast.

0:26:07 > 0:26:13I think England now is my home and I have to do my life here.

0:26:16 > 0:26:19If I think about it, it's crazy, because when I was little,

0:26:19 > 0:26:22I was dreaming about travelling to England

0:26:22 > 0:26:24and I'm actually living in England.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27Wow, what a dream, yeah.

0:26:33 > 0:26:37You're in a town that said it didn't want the European Union,

0:26:37 > 0:26:40and part of that was, it didn't want economic migrants,

0:26:40 > 0:26:41which is what you are.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43What do you think about British people in Slough?

0:26:43 > 0:26:45What's their attitude to immigration?

0:26:45 > 0:26:48What it means is that people don't understand what immigration means.

0:26:48 > 0:26:52It means that you can take public transport, you can go to the doctor

0:26:52 > 0:26:55and you can go...because people like me. I'm paying for that.

0:26:55 > 0:26:59Maria's got a job in a pub within weeks of arriving from Spain,

0:26:59 > 0:27:02all three adults were working.

0:27:02 > 0:27:05What's the future, then, for this family?

0:27:05 > 0:27:07Is this your new home, Slough?

0:27:07 > 0:27:10Is this where you go forward from or is this a temporary respite

0:27:10 > 0:27:13from whatever is happening back in Spain?

0:27:13 > 0:27:19I have the opportunity to get a new future, to have a real life,

0:27:19 > 0:27:22to build my future here.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Bernie and Ann's future is away from Slough.

0:27:26 > 0:27:31- That's a lovely picture, two lovely-looking children.- They are.

0:27:31 > 0:27:34They want out, even though it means leaving their children,

0:27:34 > 0:27:38grandchildren and great-grandchildren behind.

0:27:38 > 0:27:41I don't know what I'll do without my children.

0:27:41 > 0:27:46This is what has made this move difficult.

0:27:46 > 0:27:51In the past, I couldn't bring myself to move away from my grandchildren.

0:27:52 > 0:27:54I am not coming back.

0:27:54 > 0:27:58I am going to stay. Once I go up there, that's it.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00I'm not coming back to Slough.

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Migration has made Slough.

0:28:09 > 0:28:11Its economy is thriving.

0:28:13 > 0:28:17But all those new people have changed the town for ever.

0:28:18 > 0:28:22And some think, whatever the benefits of immigration,

0:28:22 > 0:28:24that's too high a price to pay.