<http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/101338/Heading-for-the-UK-2m-desperate- Romanians> http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/101338/Heading-for-the-UK-2m-desperate-R omanians- HEADING FOR THE UK: 2M DESPERATE ROMANIANS Saturday May 16,2009 By Nick Fagge Story Image <http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/101338_1.jpg>
NEW LIFE: Romanians wait at the train station in Sibiu, one of the main routes out of Romania AT LEAST two million young Romanians intend to leave their poverty-stricken homeland with Britain as their first destination of choice, a survey revealed last night. One in six 18 to 34-year-olds in one of the EUs poorest countries say they see no future there and want to quit. Twenty-one per cent name the UK as their preferred destination, meaning up to 500,000 young Romanians want to move here. Others intend to start a new life in Spain and Italy, with the two countries respectively the top choice for 16 and 11 per cent of those questioned. The survey called Youth And Their Concerns in which more than 2,000 young Romanians were interviewed last week, found 2.4million think they have no future in their own country. They said they were fed up with the rampant corruption, poor economy, rising prices and average wages of less than £50 a week. Others simply said they wanted to earn more money. Yesterday Romanian teacher Ionela Baciu, 29, said: I want to go to UK. I speak English and I have heard salaries are high. And doctor Clara Matei said: I want to go to UK as Ive heard Ill be paid a minimum £1,000 a month. Last night there was growing alarm over a potential new wave of mass immigration from <http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/101338/Heading-for-the-UK-2m-desperate- Romanians-#> eastern Europe. Nigel Farage, leader of the <http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/101338/Heading-for-the-UK-2m-desperate- Romanians-#> United Kingdom Independence Party, said: We must end this madness and stop unlimited immigration into Britain. The only way we can do this is to leave the EU and take back control of our borders. There are already restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians working in Britain, but up to 100,000 are here. Sir Andrew Green of MigrationWatchUK said: The UK must keep its labour market closed to unskilled Romanians and Bulgarians. The present restrictions are not perfect but what can be done must be done especially in the depths of a recession. Officially, just under a million eastern Europeans have come here since Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the EU in 2004, with Romania and Bulgaria joining in 2007. The true figure is known to be more than a million, however. Last night Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said he wanted the UK economy to benefit from migrants while protecting British jobs. A Border Agency spokesman said: Romanians face strict restrictions. They can only come here to work if we need them. Copyright ©2006 Northern and Shell Media Publications ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Aboneaza-te la <mailto:ngo_list-subscr...@yahoogroups.com> ngo_list: o alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist] Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?
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