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WANT JOBS: Bulgaria

Thursday September 27,2007

By Mark Reynolds

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BRITAIN’S borders came under further strain yesterday as Bulgaria called on us to lift restrictions on its citizens working in the UK.

The government there claimed only four Bulgarians had been deported from Britain since Bulgaria joined the EU this year, and said this was “encouraging”.

The country’s Euro-Affairs Minister Gergana Grancharova added: “Two of them were residing illegally and the other two were working illegally in the UK. These figures are very encouraging.” She claimed Britain is not even a popular destination for Bulgarian migrants, being outside the top three destinations for jobseekers.

She said: “Figures show that Bulgarian migrants should not be an issue for the UK.

Bulgaria is a small country and unable to create huge obstacles for the UK labour market. “It is important to emit positive signals and have fewer reports of illegal Bulgarian migrants.”

Bulgaria is one of the crime capitals of Europe, plagued by powerful drug cartels, alarming levels of people trafficking and a government embroiled in Mafia corruption.

Limits were placed on workers from Bulgaria and neighbouring Romania when the two countries joined the EU on January 1.

There have been repeated calls from both for the restrictions to be dropped. So far the Government has held firm amid concerns that economic migration is placing a strain on public services.

Unemployment in Britain is also at a seven-year high thanks to migrants from Eastern Europe taking jobs here.

The Home Office is believed to be preparing to recommend restrictions stay in place for another year. But critics claim that, while there are restrictions, people are entering Britain freely as EU citizens and then staying on to work illegally.

Now hundreds of thousands of workers from Europe’s poorest country threaten to flood the EU jobs market. Romania’s president wants to fast-track citizenship applications for workers from neighbouring Moldova, so that they can get work in EU countries.

President Traian Basescu has asked local authorities to change legislation so that Moldovans can gain Romanian citizenship more easily.

Moldova was part of Romania until the Second World War, and was then absorbed into the Soviet Union. Because of ethnic ties, Moldovans have been allowed to claim Romanian citizenship.

But since last summer, when it was apparent that Romania was to join the EU, applications have soared. There have been 800,000 applications since August last year, and officials in Romania are struggling to cope.

President Basescu said: “We have a moral and political obligation to the people in Moldova and we should not forget that the EU has a work deficit of 20 million people.”

Figures show that Bulgarian migrants should not be an issue for the UK

BULGARIANS WANT FREE ACCESS TO OUR JOBS MARKET

28.09.07, 2:31pm

Yes, we know that foreigners are taking alll the semi and unskilled jobs in Britain. In my area there are already many School leavers who cannot find an unskilled job because they are all filled by foreigners.

There is also the case of a young person hearing about a vacancey in a local factory but was turned down on application because he could not speak Polish.

What a state of affairs thanks to New Labours Policies on immigration.

• Posted by: EmperorMing • Report Comment

FREE ACCESS

28.09.07, 9:08am

free access to what??? we have very little industry,
little or no farming, redundancies by the hour,even our medical records are being sent abroad for typing, nearly
all call centre`s are oversea`s, indigenous brits are leaving in their drove`s, doctor`s nurse`s and even some police are emigrating to other countries. so the only thing that is left is for these immigrants is to come over and live
of the back`s of the people who can`t or don`t what to leave the UK, THERE IS JUST NO ROOM HERE, for any more people and their families,

• Posted by: ANNR • Report Comment

FREE ACCESS

28.09.07, 9:02am

• Posted by: ANNR • Report Comment

CARRY ON DICK

27.09.07, 6:25pm

The tale of Dick Whittington comes to mind... except this is more of a nightmare than a bedtime story.

Dear Bulgarians, our streets are not paved with gold.

• Posted by: GreenEngland • Report Comment

DICK

27.09.07, 6:24pm

The tale of Dick Whittington comes to mind... except this is more of a nightmare than a bedtime story.

Dear Bulgarians, our streets are not paved with gold.

• Posted by: GreenEngland • Report Comment

UNDERSEIGE

27.09.07, 4:35pm

how much more can this country take ,hasnt the labour party heard of the straw that broke the camels back ,people will not learn there lessons untill it al l goes terribly wrong ,then they hold an enquirey, and then some daft politician says wee should have acted earlyer to stop the country from being over populated ,as the country burns because of all the riots,and the racial hatred.the british way of life should be put on the endagered list like the sumatran tiger

• Posted by: crazyhorse • Report Comment