Great-Britain : the impact of the free movement of workers from new EU countries is “broadly positive”

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This study deals with the immigration from 8 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia) of the 10 new member states , Cyprus and Malta were already granted a relatively  free access to labour market.
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and December 2005, unemployment claims in the UK have increased by 90 000 and it has been suggested that part this rise is due to the inflow of migrants from new EU member states” underlines the survey before adding that there is no statistical evidence.

This study deals with the immigration from 8 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia) of the 10 new member states , Cyprus and Malta were already granted a relatively free access to labour...

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