Romania: UK Immigration Rules Are Unfair
We all know the joke: an immigrant makes it in to the UK and finds a magic lamp. As is the tradition with these things, a quick buffing gets him three wishes. He wishes for a million pounds, and behold, it is there for him. He wishes for perfect health, and immediately he has it. Warned not to waste his third wish, he asks….to be truly British.
In a flash he is broke, over-taxed, out of work and a gang of asylum seekers are trying to burn down his garage.
We often hear from people within our borders why we think people come here, but it’s interesting to read it from an offical source on the other side of the fence. From the ever strange Romanian Times we have a sad tale of unrequited love for the UK.
New Home Office restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants have been attacked by Romania’s Foreign Ministry. Officials say the rules are unfair and are cheating Romanian workers out of free access to the British jobs market.
Britain this week announced its plans to deny open door immigration to the two new EU states for another two years because of the credit crunch. Yesterday (Wednesday) Romania’s Foreign Ministry described the ban as “disappointing” saying its country’s workers should not be denied full rights to the British jobs market.
“One country maintaining blocks against the free circulation of workers in the community prevents using the entire employment potential of the EU to overcome the current economic crisis,” added a spokesman.
At the heart of the row are new official figures from Romania showing that its struggling economy has never been worse. Government officials are desperate to see a surge in workers leaving the country to seek work in the UK to ease the pressure on state handouts at home.
New statistics from the Save the Children Fund charity show that nearly a third of all children in Romania are living in poverty. And fewer children than ever are attending school while more than 70,000 youngsters are working as illegal child labour, says the charity’s report.
“This country is flat broke and bursting at the seams with poverty stricken workers with no jobs. They are desperate to get to Britain and work there.
“It would solve so many of Romania’s problems,” said one official.
Of course it would. Open the floodgates – just think of the little cheeeeeeeeeeldren.
That’s not all they’re looking for, I can assure you. I have a young Romanian girl in my employ. She is part of a hard working Romanian community in my part of Spain.
Believe me, the stories I hear from her would make your hair stand on end! They are many that come to other countries simply to set up organised crime rings. They become as powerful as the Mafia and they have no compulsions about killing someone.
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They are one of the highest recipients of EU funding too. Some 25 billion (on wiki somewhere).. its up to the Romanian Government to distribute it fairly to tackle poverty in its country. You can bet your life there’s no such thing as a poor Romanian Politician!
How nice it must be to be so smug. There are no poor UK MPs but there are poor Brits. Mote and beam. Romania – a country left destitute by its mad, insane despot. In the aftermath of despots corruption flourishes for a while. Yes do think of the “little cheeeeeeeeeeldren”, that’s what decent folk do wherever the kids come from. Sneers and self-pity, what a diet to live on. Compassion, charity, tolerance, humility, gratitude it’s not me and my kids – that is what I like to think of as True Brit.