Poles are now the second-largest foreign-born group of people in the U.K., with numbers at a record high following Poland's accession to the EU 10 years ago. But the history of Poles in Britain goes back much further.
1500s: Polish migration to Britain begins.
1795: Polish state disintegrates, causing migration to pick up.
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