A new report has suggested that Britain’s lowest paid workers are now earning less than before thanks to the rush of new migrants from Eastern Europe.
In the past six years there has been an influx of an estimated 1.5 million migrant workers from Eastern Europe following the Labour governments much criticised policy of opening British [...]

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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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British IT workers claim that a legal loophole has resulted in them losing out on jobs which are instead given to cheap foreign labour. The controversial scheme involves highly qualified IT employees
The easy route to Britain apparently exists under the Intra-company transfer scheme where a loophole surrounding immigration exists. Critics have panned the scheme which [...]

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Due to the recent recession, jobs have been in short supply. This is not just a problem for emigrants, but for Briton white collar workers as well. The recession has caused many office working Britons to have to fight with emigrants for jobs picking fruit on farms.
A very large number of the white collar Britons [...]

Popularity: 9%