Great Britain : immigration from Romania and Bulgaria will be limited

According to the Observer and the Financial Times, the government is planning to limit the entrance of Romanian and Bulgarian workers, as both countries will become EU members on 1st January 2007. (Ref. 061051)
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Home Secretary John Reid did not announce it officially yet, but the Sunday newspaper The Observer revealed his intention to announce restrictions –temporary to start with- on work permits granted to Bulgarian and Romanian workers. A limited number of unskilled workers would be accepted, unlike for the last EU enlargement in 2004: in three years, a huge number of skilled workers from Eastern and Central Europe have come to Great Britain. This unexpected decision comes during a controversy on th

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