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Daniel Kawczynski repeated calls for Britain to “take back control of its borders” after campaigning for Brexit in the momentous EU referendum. The Conservative MP, who was born and raised in Poland until the age of seven, said the mass influx of Poles on to British shores had meant towns and cities in Poland have become “depopulated”.

BBC Daniel Kawczynski called for Britain to take back control of its borders

Immigration is bad for Poland, because there are now cities and towns rapidly becoming depopulated in Poland Daniel Kawczynski MP

Mr Kawczynski insisted the escalating problem of migration was “bad” for both Poland and the UK. The MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham said: “Immigration is bad for Poland, because there are now cities and towns rapidly becoming depopulated in Poland and they’re having real difficulties in providing essential public services as a result of this brain drain. “And it is bad for the United kingdom where were are certain communities like Peterborough, and Boston and Lincolnshire where local services are being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. “ Poles made up 60 per cent of the Eastern Europeans given social housing in Britain in the last year.

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TWITTER Daniel Kawczynski lived in Poland until he was seven

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Of the 9,128 homes given to Eastern Europeans by councils or housing associations in 2014/15, about 5,500 were handed to Polish families. Poles are for the first time in the top ten nationalities of foreign-born people who are being granted UK passports. They make up around 1.3million eastern Europeans in the UK and in 2013, a record 6,066 applications were rubber-stamped by the Home Office - up from 458 in 2009.

GETTY Poles make up around 1.3m eastern Europeans in the UK