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Britain hails EU 'yes' to Romania and Bulgaria, but warns on workers' access (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Sep 26, 2006] Britain welcomed the green light from the European Union for Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in January, but warned it would only gradually open access to immigrants from those countries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Britain unlikely to face flood of Balkan migrants (Guardian Unlimited) [Sep 25, 2006] Britain is not likely to be the most popular destination for migrants from Romania and Bulgaria when they join the EU next January, new research shows. Migrants from the two countries are more likely to go to Italy, Spain, Greece and even Israel before choosing to come here. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gov't hints at restrictions on Romanian, Bulgarians after EU entry (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Sep 19, 2006] Britain will closely control immigration from Romania and Bulgaria if the two countries join the European Union next year, Home Secretary John Reid has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.K. Home Office May Limit Immigration From Bulgaria, Romania (Bloomberg.com) [Sep 19, 2006] Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Home Secretary John Reid gave his strongest hint yet that Britain will limit immigration from Bulgaria and Romania, which are awaiting decisions on plans to join the European Union next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.K. Home Office May Limit Immigration From Bulgaria, Romania (Bloomberg.com) [Sep 19, 2006] Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Home Secretary John Reid gave his strongest hint yet that Britain will limit immigration from Bulgaria and Romania, which are awaiting decisions on plans to join the European Union next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

PM backs work rights for new EU members (Independent) [Sep 13, 2006] Tony Blair has declared his support for giving people from Romania and Bulgaria the eventual right to work in Britain after their countries join the European Union in January. [via YahooNews] More >>

Welcome new migrant workers, says TUC chief (Financial Times) [Sep 11, 2006] Britain should open its jobs market to workers from Bulgaria and Romania if their countries join the European Union next year, says Brendan Barber, Trades Union Congress general secretary. [via YahooNews] More >>

Britain considers limits on immigration from Romania, Bulgaria (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) [Aug 31, 2006] LONDON (AP) - Since the European Union expanded eastwards to take in 10 new countries in 2004, hundreds of thousands of migrants from former communist states have flocked to Britain in search of work. [via YahooNews] More >>

Britain mulls labor limits for EU states (UPI) [Aug 31, 2006] LONDON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's Labor government is considering work permits for migrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania, once they become EU members, a news report said. [via YahooNews] More >>

UK drafts plans to limit Bulgaria and Romania migrants (Euro Observer) [Aug 31, 2006] 31.08.2006 - 09:46 CET | By Lucia Kubosova The UK government is drafting a work permit scheme aimed at limiting the number of Bulgarian and Romanian jobseekers coming to Britain after the two countries join the EU, with both interior and finance ministries in favour of a regime similar to one already in place for other third country nationals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Business leaders seek 'unlimited immigration' from new EU states (Belfast Telegraph) [Aug 30, 2006] The leaders of Britain's biggest businesses employing millions of people have called on the Government to allow unlimited immigration from Bulgaria and Romania when the two former Eastern Bloc states join the European Union next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Business leaders seek 'unlimited immigration' from new EU states (Independent) [Aug 30, 2006] The leaders of Britain's biggest businesses employing millions of people have called on the Government to allow unlimited immigration from Bulgaria and Romania when the two former Eastern Bloc states join the European Union next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarians queue by the score to beat the January UK visa rush (Daily Mail) [Aug 30, 2006] Bulgarians queuing for British visas believe there will be such an exodus from their country to Britain if Bulgaria, along with Romania, is granted EU membership in January [via YahooNews] More >>

It's no good owning a company if you're bad at management (Independent) [Aug 27, 2006] So there are more than 60 million people in the UK for the first time ever - and nearly 50.5 million in England. The new estimates of Britain's population, published last week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), coincided with the furore over inward migration, particularly from the new European Union member states, and concern about the impact of EU enlargement to Romania and Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Britain's conversatives call for tougher immigration controls (EuroNews) [Aug 26, 2006] Britain's opposition Conservative Party is calling for travel restrictions to be imposed on Bulgaria and Romania should they join the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Worker influx stokes immigration debate (Reuters.co.uk) [Aug 22, 2006] LONDON (Reuters) - More than 400,000 east European workers have been allowed to work in Britain since May 2004, the government said on Tuesday, vastly exceeding predictions and fuelling calls for limits on workers from Bulgaria and Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

UK to limit migration from Bulgaria, Romania (Budapest Business Journal) [Aug 22, 2006] Britain will limit the number of people who can migrate from Bulgaria and Romania when the two nations join the European Union to prevent immigrants from overwhelming public services, a Cabinet minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Huge influx of Eastern European immigrants in UK over last two years (EARTHtimes.org) [Aug 22, 2006] LONDON - Home Office figures released today show that at least half a million Eastern Europeans have tried to apply for a work permit to settle in Britain over the last two years. This data will put the government under increased pressure to frame laws that will prevent similar influx from Romania and Bulgaria when the two nations join the EU later this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Worker influx prompts EU migration debate (Times Online) [Aug 22, 2006] Almost half a million Eastern Europeans have applied to work in Britain over the past two years, according to Home Office figures released today that will put the Government under increased pressure to restrict immigration from Bulgaria and Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Worker influx stokes immigration debate (Reuters.co.uk) [Aug 22, 2006] LONDON (Reuters) - More than 400,000 east European workers have been allowed to work in Britain since May 2004, the government said on Tuesday, vastly exceeding predictions and fuelling calls for limits on workers from Bulgaria and Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>