Eastern European workers good for UK
29.04.2005 - 09:58 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
29.04.2005 - 09:58 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
One year after enlargement, there is no evidence in
the UK of "hordes of benefit-seekers" but rather a number of "valuable
workers".
Britain, Ireland and Sweden are the only three
"old" EU countries without any temporary ban on workers from new central and
east European members.
In the run up to last year's enlargement, there
were worries - sparked by the tabloid press - about a possible influx of
citizens from new member states, mainly interested in receiving social benefit
allowances.
But media reports indicate that fears over social
security tourism did not materialise.
On the other hand, there has been a significant
increase of migrant workers in the countries which opened up their labour
markets.
In the UK, some 7 per cent of British employers
have hired workers from new Europe, according to Manpower, one of the world's
biggest recruitment agencies.
The British Home Office said that 133,000 people
from the eight eastern European accession countries applied to work in the UK
between May 2004 and the end of last year, FT reports.
The number is higher than previously projected by
the British government, but small in comparison with the total number of workers
and available vacancies in the UK last year.
The main destination for migrant workers was
London, with immigrants mainly filling the gaps in hotels, restaurants and on
construction sites.
(C)
EuObserver.com
Vali
P.S. Sa ma
ierte "maestrul" pentru lipsa traducerii...
*** sustineti [romania_eu_list] prin 1% din impozitul pe 2005 -
detalii la http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/unulasuta.php ***
Yahoo! Groups Links
- To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
<<Outlook.jpg>>
