Number of Romanians and Bulgarians employed in the UK FALLS after open borders

[Kardan]

140,000 Romanians and Bulgarians are currently employed in the UK (out of a total of 30.43 million employed) - that's just 0.46% of the entire employed workforce that is Romanian or Bulgarian.

This compares to the 144,000 Romanians and Bulgarians employed BEFORE the borders were opened for them on 1st Jan 2014. So despite the Romanians and Bulgarians gaining the same rights to work in the UK as other EU citizens on the 1st Jan 2014, it seems that less of them are indeed being employed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27407126

[lemons]

omg! what a disaster! ukip ukip ukip ukip

[Kyle]

bloody romanians all they do is swing old ladies in the street by their heads. kill them all!

[iBlueBox]

theres a romanian guy on my course at uni and he's so mean

[Chippiewill]

inb4 dan claims government figures are made up and that the population is now 90% romanians here to steal from the nhs

[-:Undertaker:-]

We shall see how long this lasts.

The big focus now ought to be on southern Europe which is showing an alarming rise due to the disaster that is the Eurozone which is getting worse and worse. The pledge by the government to get net immigration (a fraud figure anyway) below 100,000 is nowhere in sight.

Michael Heaver @Michael_Heaver · 6m

168,000 more EU workers in the past year. Ludicrous. Time to leave the EU and take control of our borders.

Good news so far though on the Romanian and Bulgarian figures (assuming they are true), at least it's not as bad as it could be - for now.

Edit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-relaxed.html

The number of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants working in Britain dipped slightly in the first three months of this year following the lifting of employment restrictions, new figures have disclosed.

But despite the unexpected fall, the total number of people from the two eastern European countries working here is still nearly 26 per cent higher than it was a year ago.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were 140,000 migrants from Romania and Bulgaria countries working here in the first quarter, up 29,000 year-on-year. It also represented a 44 per cent leap on the same period in 2012, when there were just 97,000 living here.

Ah, there's the clearer story. I see.

Disgraceful, and that's without mentioning the overall rise in immigration. It's out of control.

[FlyingJesus]

You don't like them when they're here and claiming benefits but you don't like it when they have jobs either... the rise in overall numbers working here without a corresponding figure showing that the same amount are newly arrived shows that they've already been here before but have now managed to find employment, which is surely a good thing for everyone. Basically what we're seeing is absolutely normal - people coming here and looking for work, then getting it.

[Zak]

bloody romanians all they do is swing old ladies in the street by their heads. kill them all!

lmfao

yay Romanians!

[-:Undertaker:-]

You don't like them when they're here and claiming benefits but you don't like it when they have jobs either... the rise in overall numbers working here without a corresponding figure showing that the same amount are newly arrived shows that they've already been here before but have now managed to find employment, which is surely a good thing for everyone. Basically what we're seeing is absolutely normal - people coming here and looking for work, then getting it.

That's correct, I don't like open borders over which we have no control.

What else is new?

[FlyingJesus]

But we do have control; not choosing to exercise infingements is not the same as not having to power to do so. Turning a tap on isn't the same thing as having no control over the water pressure in your sink