After Brexit, thousands of foreign truckers went home. Now, Britain wants them back – By Alexander Smith (NBC News) / Oct 1 2021
“You have to remember that drivers spend most of their time on their own. They always remember when someone did something wrong to them,” one trucker said.
LONDON — Faced with dry gas stations and bare grocery shelves, the British government is offering 5,000 temporary visas for foreign truck drivers to prevent a looming crisis ahead of Christmas.
But despite this potentially lucrative offer, many truckers who left the country after it exited the European Union say they have no plans to help solve a problem stoked in part by the consequences of Brexit.
Artur Jarzebski says he will not work in the United Kingdom because he no longer feels welcome in post-Brexit Britain.
“English society decided that the Polish people are not worth enough to stay in the U.K.,” said Jarzebski, 42, a Polish trucker who spent a decade toiling long hours on British highways. “After Brexit, Polish drivers feel unwanted by the U.K. market.”
