Economic recovery will make UK more attractive to Romanian & Bulgarian migrants
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Economic recovery will make Britain more attractive to Romanians and Bulgarians, report suggests
Report warns that a combination of Britain's "improving economic outlook" and the large population of Romanians and Bulgarians already living in Britain could see more migrants flock to this country than expected
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Britain's economic recovery will make Britain more attractive to Romanians and Bulgarian migrants than other European countries when restrictions are lifted in the New Year, a Home Office funded review has suggested.
The report warns that a combination of Britain's "improving economic outlook" and the large population of Romanians and Bulgarians already living in Britain could see more migrants flock to this country than expected.
The report also says that community tensions could rise in some areas as new migrants compete for work with other Eastern Europeans who are already settled in Britain.
The report suggests that Britain could lose out financially if lower paid Bulgarian and Romanian migrants drive out polls on higher wages who pay more tax.
From Wednesday, Bulgarian and Romanian migrants will have the same rights as other citizens in the EU to live and work throughout Europe.
However, critics have warned that hundreds of thousands could come to Britain putting strain on schools, hospitals and the welfare state.
The report by University of Reading academics was commissioned ahead of the lifting of restrictions by a group of 74 councils in the South East of England. The group, called the South East Partnership for Migration, is almost entirely funded by the Home Office.
The report, which was released under Freedom of Information to the Mail on Sunday newspaper, says that in some areas British-born citizens are struggling to get jobs while employment for migrants has increased.
It suggests that already overcrowded schools could struggle to find places for thechildren of new arrivals, and that overstretched hospitals could face a greater strain.
It also suggests that the cost of welfare such as child benefits could rise.
Last week a report by the OECD found that Britain's economy is growing at the fastest rate in the developed world.
The University of Reading report states: "If UK unemployment falls relative to other EU15 countries, then our modelling suggests an increase in the share of A2 [Romanian and Bulgarian] migrants coming to the UK."
Roy Millard, manager of the South East Strategic Partnership for migration, said that while the migrants might cause issues with "social cohesion" there was no suggestion that there might be violence.
Mr Millard said: "When we talk about competition and tension, we're really talking about social cohesion and shared values. This is about difficulties between communities, and not about violence or anything like that.
"The reason we did the research is primarily because the South East of England has the highest levels of migration outside of London. We hope that this piece of work will be a resource for local authorities and all of our partners as the impact unfolds. It attempts to plug a knowledge gap and to ask the right questions."
I didn't need a report to tell me any of this because I simply engage my brain and use common sense when thinking about whether it's a good idea to let everybody in if they wish to come, especially from two very poor countries. It's really simple stuff even if the academics & Home Office have only just come to a conclusion on it. In other word, no **** sherlock!
But interestingly enough, the government still refuse, to my knowledge, to give an official estimate of how many will arrive. Ether they don't know which in any case shows how stupid they are to open the borders (under orders from the EU), or they do know and the figures are horrific. Or that they do have estimates but don't wish to release the figures for fear of being dead wrong, just as they were in 2004 when they predicted 13,000 a year and 800,000 odd came over 5 years.
Well done to the Mail on Sunday for having this report released under a Freedom of Information request.
Thoughts?
