Think of us, please

FOR Britain’s 750,000- strong polish community the result of the referendum was a bombshell.

Traumatised polish children had to be comforted by their teachers, and congregations knelt in stunned contemplation at Sunday mass.

They and other Eu nationals will now have to decide where the future of their family lies. Many will try to stay here, provided they can retain their jobs and their children remain eligible for school places.

But since the Brexit vote, poles and other foreign nationals, as well as more traditional ethnic and religious minorities, have been hit by sporadic bursts of abuse and occasional violence, mainly from Leave supporters. It’s vital that Mps, especially those who so strongly advocated Brexit, restore a sense of direction and a semblance of order to deal with the impact of Brexit on polish and other minorities.

I urge all party leaders to announce that any attempts to intimidate, vandalise or abuse any person or property on the grounds of their ethnic origin or nationality should be punished with the full force of law

It should be reiterated that until negotiations under Article 50 are completed, the status of any Eu citizens living in Britain remains unchanged. That includes their right to employment, education, access to the health service and the benefits to which they are entitled as uK taxpayers under current Eu law.

All Eu students attending university courses should be assured their fees will not be increased until the end of their course, even if that is at a later date than the conclusion of the Article 50 negotiations.

During that time no uK company can dismiss, cut the pay or otherwise amend job contracts purely on the grounds of their employees’ status as Eu citizens in this country.

WIKTOR MOSZCZYNSKI, London W5.