Romania’s Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the restrictions placed on Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants by the UK Home Office, claiming that the laws are unfair and depriving workers of free access to the UK job market.
The reaction came after British officials announced the continuation of restrictions to the new EU member nations for another [...]

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The government has announced that it will be extending restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania until the allowed 2011 in order to limit the effects of the recession upon the UK.
In an announcement made Tuesday Immigration Minister Phil Woolas confirmed that it will allow close to 25,000 Romanian and Bulgarian low-skilled workers to enter [...]

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More Bulgarian nationals are leaving the country in search of work, predominantly those aged 20 – 30 who have no professional qualifications.
Bulgaria experienced a marked drop in emigration from 2000 – 2006  as the EU opened its borders to new members which resulted in a huge influx of workers from the Eastern bloc travelling to [...]

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The head of a Bulgarian working gang has been found out by UK based authorities. In yet another scandal involving Bulgarian migrant workers to hit the besieged UK agricultural industry, the man was found to be luring compatriots to Britain where he then exploited them.
The UK based Gangmaster Licensing Authority declared that the man [...]

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A temporary agreement was signed today between Bulgaria’s foreign minister Ivailo Kalfin in addition to the United States Michael Chertoff who is the homeland security secretary to establish a visa waiver program between the two countries. Homeland security secretary Chertoff commented, “The ability to sign this agreement, leading on a path to a secure visa [...]

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