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A Conservative MP has blamed the BBC for an increase in attacks on Polish people living in the UK.A Conservative MP has blamed the BBC for an increase in attacks on Polish people living in the UK.
Daniel Kawczynski said the "liberal elite" at the corporation knew they had to cover the subject of immigration.Daniel Kawczynski said the "liberal elite" at the corporation knew they had to cover the subject of immigration.
But they would "not do stories about more controversial immigration" and focused instead on the "soft touch" of "White Christians from Poland".But they would "not do stories about more controversial immigration" and focused instead on the "soft touch" of "White Christians from Poland".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Kawczynski said the result was more attacks on Poles. The Shrewsbury and Atcham MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the result was more attacks on Poles.
Mr Kawczynski will later make a bid in Parliament for a national holiday to celebrate the contribution made by Poles to the UK.
In a 10 minute rule bill, he will hail the efforts of Polish airmen during the Second World War, who he will say made up one in six of those who took part in the Battle of Britain.
'Genuine concern'
He will also praise the contribution of the thousands of Polish workers who have come to the UK since the country joined the EU in 2004.
But he told Today: "The main reason I am raising this bill, and introducing this subject, is my genuine concern about the handling of immigration by the media in this country.
He said "nine out of ten immigrants to our country are not Poles, they are not Eastern Europeans, they are from the Indian sub-continent, Africa and the West Indies" but the coverage focused on Poles.
He told interviewer John Humphrys: "The liberal elite of the BBC are using the Poles as a cat's paw in a politically correct world to talk about immigration because you won't do stories about more controversial immigrants you always focus on Poles.
"And as a result of that, Mr Humphrys, there are increased attacks on Poles in this country."
He added: "I have said very little about Poles during my three years in Parliament but I have been forced now, as somebody of Polish origin, to raise this in Parliament."
He said he was "genuinely fearful" that the "liberal elite" BBC's coverage of Polish immigration was leading to an increase in violence against Poles.
"They know they have to talk about immigration now, but rather than focus on all immigrants, from all over the world, they go for the soft touch, the white Christians from Poland and I am sick and tired of it."