The Polish Resettlement Act of 1947 was the first ever mass immigration legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It offered British citizenship to over 250,000 displaced Polish troops on British soil who had fought against Nazi Germany and opposed the Soviet takeover of their homeland.As a result of the government’s legislation, Polish resettlement camps were created across Britain to house arriving Polish forces. This temporary accommodation was often found in former army and air force camps, and military hospitals. These included camps in the grounds of large country estates, as well as some under canvas.Although there were hundreds of such camps across the UK by 1946, many were in rural locations,a few miles from nearby towns. The accommodation consisted of Nissen huts, which despite having electric lights, had poor ventilation and little natural light.With Poles eventually finding work and moving away, or the buildings eventually deemed insufficient for families to reside in, many of the camps had closed within 15 years. Today, in many cases, there is little sign of their existence at all, except in the memories of those who lived and grew up there.
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