Marton is 20 years old. He comes from Hungary, but he doesn't live in Hungary — he lives and works in the UK. He is a waiter in a hotel. He earns £6 an hour. More than 600,000 people from Central and Eastern European countries live and work in the UK. Almost half of them are between 18 and 24 years old and most of them are single. They stay in the UK for about two years and then return to their own countries. Nearly 40% work in factories; many others work in shops, hotels, restaurants and on farms. They come because they earn more money in the UK for these jobs than in their own countries. But do they like their new home? The answer is usually 'yes.' In a survey of foreign workers in the UK, 92% say that the British are 'usually friendly'. Their only problem with life in the UK is British food: 78% don't like it! But that isn't a big problem, because British supermarkets now sell Central and Eastern European food. 

Marton