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Polish parliament approves extended parental leave after premature births

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In Poland, approximately 20,000 babies a year are born preterm or have to be hospitalised after birth.

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The legislation would also introduce an additional trading Sunday in December.

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Anti-Polish rhetoric in the UK: why the Brits like immigrants but hate immigration

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Daniel Tilles discusses the dynamic of xenophobia directed towards Polish immigrants in Britain in the wake of the Brexit referendum announcement.

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Agnieszka Wądołowska is managing editor of Notes from Poland. She has previously worked for Gazeta.pl and Tokfm.pl and contributed to Gazeta Wyborcza, Wysokie Obcasy, Duży Format, Midrasz and Kultura Liberalna”

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