Minister avoids migrant forecast

mkpdavies · 08-12-2006, 05:56 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6216942.stm

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Britain's immigration chief has refused to speculate on how many Bulgarians and Romanians will come to the UK when the two countries join the EU next month.
Immigration minister Liam Byrne said: "It would be very unwise to make predictions about flows."

New EU migrants will face work curbs after concerns about the potential impact on local schools, hospitals and housing, Mr Byrne told MPs.

But all Romanians and Bulgarians will be free to live in the UK, he said.

Asked by Conservative MP David Heathcoat-Amory how this would prevent people coming to the UK to work in the "black economy", Mr Byrne said the restrictions on working were not an attempt to limit immigration.

"It's an error to say that we are trying to manage migration in this way, ultimately people from Romania and Bulgaria do have the right of free movement into this country and that's just a deal we signed up to when we signed up to the accession treaty.

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freedom & democracy 4 · 17-12-2006, 07:48 PM

They cant forecast it because immigration is out of control. Where i live is a well off Higher-middle class area, its full of eastern europeans and the crime rate has shot up. My friend said UKIP sound racist because we are anti immigrant. Well its just commonsense. We are a small island which cant cope with lots of people. Its worrying the government cant forecast migrant numbers.

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17-12-2006, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
freedom & democracy 4 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Emsworth, full of the EU's Polish imports! Posts: 209	They cant forecast it because immigration is out of control. Where i live is a well off Higher-middle class area, its full of eastern europeans and the crime rate has shot up. My friend said UKIP sound racist because we are anti immigrant. Well its just commonsense. We are a small island which cant cope with lots of people. Its worrying the government cant forecast migrant numbers.