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Are workers in Scotland and the UK as a whole being forced to take less secure jobs because of the competition provided by mass migration?
Professor David Blanchflower, a member of the interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee has posed the question in light of an influx of foreign workers which has damaged job security by increasing the number of temporary and short-term posts. He said the trend was leading to stagnation in long-term growth, with employers using migrants to avoid permanent contract costs such as pension contributions etc.
We can all see the evidence in the above scenario when go shopping or eating or phone for a plumber or joiner. Shops, pubs, restaurants and other parts of the service sector are now almost entirely staffed by migrant workers. It has not been lost on employers in all sectors of just how cheap migrant workers are and that their work is of a high standard.
But Professor David Blanchflower says that ‘there have been strong increases in temporary workers who can't find permanent jobs and part-timers who can't find full-time jobs. The number of self-employed has also grown at a rate that is clearly unsustainable'.
Employment figures reported show that the number of temporary workers in the UK has risen by 12 per cent in the past year, from 355,000 to 400,000.The number of permanent jobs created over the same period is a little over 1,000.
The professor's concerns came to light as unemployment continues to rise, with official figures showing that the number of unemployed people increased by 6,000 between July and September to 1.67million. A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: ‘UK employment has reached record levels of 29.2 million. Of these, over 92 per cent of employees are in permanent jobs'.
Communities are struggling to adapt to 'unprecedented' levels of migration, one of Prince Charles's official charities warned last night.
Business in the Community - of which the prince is president - said there had been a staggering 186 per cent growth in non-UK migrant workers in rural areas between 2003 and 2007.
It said the migrants had brought a number of benefits, helping to boost the economy, and filling gaps left by Britons who 'prefer to remain jobless'.
But it warned of 'tensions' breaking out in some areas. The charity said migrants 'pose a number of challenges' in relation to community cohesion and the provision of adequate housing and services.
The study adds: 'While many urban areas have a history punctuated by waves of immigration into the community, overseas migration into rural communities on the scale currently experienced is an unprecedented phenomenon and one to which the local community is, in many cases, struggling to adapt.'
BITC was set up by the prince to mobilise businesses as a force for 'good'.
It set up a steering group to investigate the impact of immigration on the countryside, in the wake of huge numbers of Eastern Europeans arriving to live in rural areas.
In its paper, BITC's migrant worker integration group sets out a number of concerns about the impact of the influx. It says local services such as housing, healthcare, education and policing have 'all come under increasing pressure'. Issues include migrants living in crowded con-2007.
Blue card-ul european, similar cu sistemul american "green card", va atrage imigranti cu o inalta calificare profesionala, in special in sectoare care se confrunta cu lipsa personalului calificat. Prin adoptarea raportului Klamt, deputatii europeni au reafirmat principiul "preferintei comunitare", care este si in interesul cetatenilor romani.
Propunerea de directiva doreste sa imunatateasca atractivitatea UE ca destinatie pentru muncitorii inalt calificati, avand in vedere ca "50% din imigrantii cu inalte calificari profesionale se indreapta catre SUA sau Canada si doar 5,5% vin in UE" potrivit raportoarei Ewa Klamt (PPE-DE, Germania). Raportul PE a fost adotpat cu 388 voturi pentru, 56 impotriva si 124 abtineri.
Directiva, propusa de Comisia Europeana, urmareste doua obiective:
ˇ introducerea unei proceduri speciale, bazate pe criterii comune, pentru admiterea in UE a cetatenilor din tari terte, cu scopul desfasurarii unei munci care necesita inalta calificare, pe durata a mai mult de trei luni; ˇ eliberarea asa-numitului blue card UE celor care au un permis de resedinta, precum si un anumit numar de drepturi pentru acestia si familie si posibilitatea de a munci, in anumite conditii, intr-un alt stat membru dupa o sedere legala de doi ani in primul stat membru UE.
Cine este eligibil pentru un blue card?
Potrivit raportului de consultare, elaborat de Ewa Klamt, solicitantul trebuie sa detina o oferta de munca in UE si cel putin cinci ani de experienta profesionala in domeniul in cauza sau o calificare universitara recunoscuta de statul membru UE. In plus, propunerea de directiva mai prevede stabilirea unor criterii salariale: un salariu minim obligatoriu raportat la salariul mediu din respectivul stat membru.
Lipsa banilor si problemele de sanatate ne afecteaza calitatea vietii, aflata la un nivel sub media UE. Romanii se afla printre cei mai putin "fericiti" europeni, deasupra nefericitilor Europei - bulgarii, dar sub majoritatea cetatenilor din UE, unde nordicii conduc la acest capitol, potrivit unui studiu al agentiei Eurofound. Cetatenii romani sunt in coada plutonului european si in privinta satisfactiei fata de calitatea vietii, influentata, potrivit cercetarii, de nivelul veniturilor si de problemele de sanatate ale individului.
Statistic, gradul fericirii la romani este de 7 din 10, in timp ce bulgarii ajung la 5,8, portughezii la 6,9, iar danezii, suedezii si finlandezii trec de 8. La capitolul satisfactiei fata de calitatea vietii, indexul romanilor coboara la 6,5, deasupra bulgarilor, a ungurilor sau a portughezilor, care ating intre 5 si 6,2, dar sub media UE, care este de 7.
Unul dintre primii factori care influenteaza calitatea vietii este nivelul veniturilor. In Romania, spune studiul, un sfert dintre familii (27%) sunt ajutate de rude sau de prieteni cu mancare sau cu bani, pentru a face fata cheltuielilor zilnice. Prin comparatie, doar 9% dintre familiile din vechile state membre au nevoie de acest ajutor.
Increzatori in oameni
Problemele economice ale romanilor sunt oglindite si cu ajutorul a sase criterii considerate esentiale pentru calitatea vietii: incalzirea adecvata a locuintei, posibilitatea de a petrece o vacanta anuala, de a inlocui mobila veche, de a avea o masa pe baza de carne o data la doua zile, de a cumpara haine noi si de a primi oaspeti. In vreme ce romanii saraci indeplinesc doar doua dintre criterii, cei bogati bifeaza cinci, situatie care arata inclusiv disparitatile sociale, mult diminuate in vechile state membre.
Up to 300,000 visas allowing foreigners the right to enter Britain are wrongly handed out every year, MPs were told yesterday. The shock admission – from a senior immigration official – means that millions of illegal immigrants may have been let into the country. Home Office staff are under pressure to grant rather than reject visas to meet Labour’s productivity targets. The figure renewed anger over Labour’s soft-touch border controls last night.
Senior Tories said the admissions “made a mockery” of the Government’s claims to be in control of immigration. Linda Costelloe-Baker, an independent watchdog of the visa system, laid bare the failings during a hearing of the Commons Home Affairs Committee yesterday. She said around 15 per cent of short-term visa approvals were marred by errors. Nearly two million visas are approved each year, giving foreign nationals the right to come to the UK for six months, she said. Embassies and consulates examine 2.4million applications each year from tourists, businessmen and people visiting relatives to check if they intend to leave after their visa expires.
They also check they have enough money to live in the country and are not looking for a job, she said. Around 80 per cent are approved. Ms Costelloe-Baker said officials considering visa applications found it much easier to approve visas than reject them.
Immigration minister Phil Woolas tells the Guardian that most asylum seekers are economic migrants rather than refugees fleeing persecution, accusing lawyers and charities of "playing the system" ('You can't come in', November 18). But instead of scapegoating lawyers, he should be exercising humanity and sharpening up his department's decision-making. It is ministers that are playing the asylum system, and justice in Britain is at stake.
According to the Independent Asylum Commission, within the Home Office there is a "culture of disbelief" against asylum seekers. Woolas is leading from the front, acting as judge and jury when others have rightly been paid to do the job. Each case should be judged objectively on its merits, not general prejudice.
Woolas says: "One lady showed me the scars on her thighs from where the soldiers had raped her, so I know, but I cannot take a decision on that lady's behalf if I am fogged by cases that are misusing the law." The right decision can be a matter of life and death. Yet all too often asylum seekers are unable to get a lawyer, and the quality of Home Office decision-making is particularly poor. That is why there are so many appeals - and not, as Woolas claims, because "there is an industry out there [with] a vested interest".
The Refugee Legal Centre, the largest provider of legal representation to asylum seekers, wins 50% of its cases on appeal. Latest figures show that 43% of Eritreans and 42% of Somalis win their appeals against Home Office decisions. Quite apart from humanity and justice, the Home Office culture cannot be serving the taxpayer well. So, who really causes "more harm than good"?
Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to UK communications regulator Ofcom. Research suggests that 86% of homes in Britain can now receive digital on their main set, while 30% have digital video recorders. Ofcom also says British consumers pay less than those in other countries for TV, mobile phones and broadband. The report also says people in Ireland send the most text messages.
The regulator found that last year the Irish spent an average of 179 minutes on their mobiles each month and sent nearly twice as many text messages as people in the UK.
High definition The International Communications Market report looked at the spread of different technologies across the globe. It found that the US was leading the way on internet use, with Americans spending an average of just over 15 hours a week online.
The UK was second for surfing at just under 14 hours a week.
O biblioteca digitala care ofera acces on-line la doua milioane de adevarate simboluri ale culturii europene din ultimii 2000 de ani va fi lansata, joi, de Uniunea Europeana.
Noua pagina web a Uniunii Europene - Europeana - cuprinde filme, fotografii, picturi si ilustratii sonore, precum si diverse tiparituri.
Comisarul european pentru informatii si media, citat de Rador, a declarat ca, de exemplu, amatorii vor consulta Biblioteca Britanica fara sa mai fie nevoie sa se deplaseze la Londra sau o vor putea vedea pe Mona Lisa fara sa mai stea la coada la Luvru.
A decline in immigration is starting to accelerate as the recession bites, with a 36% fall in the number of Poles and other east Europeans coming to work in Britain recorded so far this year.
Figures published yesterday by the Office of National Statistics show that even before the economic slowdown, total immigrant arrivals in Britain were lower in 2007 at 577,000 than the 591,000 who came in 2006.
This was accompanied by a sharp fall in emigration from Britain - down 60,000 from a record peak of 400,000 in 2006 to 340,000 last year. Australia and Spain remain the favourite destinations for Britons going to live abroad.
This decline in the number of people leaving the country to start a new life abroad meant that the net migration figure - the difference between those coming in and those leaving the country for more than 12 months - for 2007 published yesterday rose by 46,000 to 237,000.
Meanwhile, the latest asylum figures show that applications to Britain rose by 12% this summer, with Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran and Iraq the top five countries from which people were fleeing.
There were 6,620 new asylum applications between July and September, the fifth month in succession that the figure has risen.
The latest figures show that 28% of asylum seekers are being granted refugee status or humanitarian protection on initial decision, with a further 24% succeeding on appeal. A total of 2,415 people, including 55 children, are held in detention pending their deportation.
The Conservatives and anti-immigration groups yesterday seized on this rise in net migration to claim it as fresh evidence that immigration was out of control.
Figures published by the European Commission showed a marked slow down of immigration from Eastern Europe, down from 205,000 incomers to Britain in 2006 to 185,000 in 2007.
At the same time, the numbers of immigrants entering Britain from non-European regions, such as Asia, has risen sharply, almost doubling from 90,000 in 2006 to 176,000 people last year.
The Conservatives have seized on the latest figures to step up calls for an annual cap on the number of immigrants coming to Britain from outside EU countries.
Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, said: "This is yet more evidence undermining the Government's claims that Conservative policy of having an annual limit on non-EU applicants will not bring immigration under control. The fact the Government refuse to wake up to the need for a proper, sustainable population policy make them part of the problem, not the solution."
The EU figures were published ahead of Government statistics, to be published today (WEDS), that are expected to reveal that immigration has swollen the population by 1.8 million people since Labour came to power.
Office for National Statistics population statistics for 2007 are predicted to show that the net number of migrants entering Britain has risen to 200,000 a year, the first time that net immigration - the number of incomers minus the number that have left - has risen since an influx of mainly Eastern European migrants in 2004.
Immigration statistics for the UK are to be released and are expected to show net migration into the country has risen to 200,000 a year. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has said the population should not exceed 70 million. The Home Office said its new points-based system allows only those migrants with the required skills to come in to the country.
The Tories have called for a cap on the number of immigrants allowed in from outside the EU. If, as expected, migration figures top 200,000, it will mean immigrants have added 1.8 million to the population since Labour came to power in 1997. That year net migration was 50,000. In 2006 the Office for National Statistics said net migration stood at 190,000.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said earlier this week that migrants should be protected during the the recession. The group said newly arrived workers should get quick access to the labour market. The Government has also been urged to lift restrictions on workers coming in from two eastern European countries.
The Scottish Parliament is expected to vote decisively against the introduction of ID cards later. However, the policy is reserved to Westminster and the first cards will be issued this month to foreign students entering Britain. It is planned to make them available to everyone in the UK by 2012. An SNP motion condemning ID cards as an expensive invasion of civil liberties is expected to be backed by all parties, except Labour. The Scottish Government has rubbished the plan, claiming the UK-wide scheme would cost £5bn, but would not boost security or deter crime. The Tories, Liberal Democrats and Greens are expected to back the SNP's position, during a government-led debate in Holyrood.
Labour attacked ministers for debating an issue reserved to Westminster.
Leadership 'failure' Scotland's public safety minister Fergus Ewing will argue that ID cards will do nothing to fight crime or improve national security and would have serious implications for the civil liberties of ordinary citizens. The first biometric cards are being issued to students from outside the EU and marriage visa holders this month, before being issued on a voluntary basis to young people from 2010 and for everyone else from 2012.
Suspendarea taxei de poluare pentru autoturismele noi starneste controverse. In timp ce conducerea Dacia si importatorii saluta initiativa, piata second-hand acuza abuzul si discriminarea, estimand o majorare a taxei pentru autovehiculele second-hand.
Controversata taxa de poluare ar putea fi suspendata, miercuri, printr-o hotarare de guvern, insa numai pentru masinile noi. Decizia, care se doreste a stimula productia autohtona si cumpararea de masini noi in dauna celor second, este vazuta ca o gura de oxigen in special pentru compania Dacia.
Vanzarile fabricii de la Mioveni s-au prabusit practic in aceasta luna, cu peste 50%, dupa ce, in octombrie, au marcat o scadere de 30%. Vizati sunt si importatorii de automobile ale caror afaceri au ajuns in pragul falimentului, odata cu inasprirea conditiilor de creditare si a invaziei de masini second-hand ieftine.
CE incurajeaza membrii mai vechi ai UE sa isi deschida piata muncii, dand publicitatii un raport care arata ca cele doua valuri de extindere ale blocului comunitar, din 2004 si 2007, nu au generat un aflux de imigranti din Europa Centrala si de Est, relateaza publicatia electronica EUObserver.
Raportul Comisiei Europene privind ocuparea fortei de munca, adoptat marti de Colegiul Comisarilor, indica faptul ca Romania nu reprezinta un pericol pentru celelalte state membre, intrucat cetatenii romani care au vrut sa plece in strainatate pentru a-si gasi un loc de munca au facut-o deja. Comisia incurajeaza astfel statele membre sa isi deschida piata muncii pentru cetatenii din statele central si est europene, inclusiv Romania.
Un tanar din Buzau, care a condus prin Romania o masina inmatriculata in Anglia, cu volan pe dreapta, si-a asumat un risc inutil, iar acum o sa plateasca amarnic cu viata sau cu ani grei de inchisoare.
Baiatul, in varsta de 27 de ani, a provocat un accident infiorator si si-a omorat sotia, fratele si cumnata. Ultimii doi erau casatoriti de putin timp. Mama celor doi baieti din masina este devastata. Pe unul l-a pierdut deja, iar celalalt, chair daca scapa printr-o minune, risca sa ajunga la inchisoare. De fericirea lor s-a ales praful in cateva clipe. Cei patru tineri, plini de viata, au plecat din Buzau cu destinatia Germania. Doi dintre ei, un baiat de 23 de ani si o fata de 18, se grabeau sa ajunga acolo, in luna de miere. El lucra in Anglia, in constructii, impreuna cu fratele lui de 27 de ani, de altfel si cel care a condus autoturismul.
Two British residents were sentenced to jail last week for using an array of computers and wireless gear to feed answers to paying clients taking an immigration test in London, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Rong Yang, 28, and her partner Steven Lee, 36, aroused suspicion when they parked outside the Wimbledon library in March, and a passer-by noticed wires running from under the hood of the car to the passenger compartment.
Police searched the vehicle and found it packed with laptops, radio transmitters and receivers, and other equipment. Also in the car with Yang and Lee was 52-year-old Ka Hung Pang, who'd taken his immigration test inside the library earlier in the day. The Metropolitan Police website continues: Initially it was thought the equipment was being used as part of a cash machine fraud, while those in the car claimed it was used to watch Chinese television channels. However, as officers were leaving the scene to take the three people to the police station a fourth man, [Ed] Zhuang, arrived.
Officers stopped and questioned Zhuang. When taken back to the station, CID officers found out that Lee and Yang had been helping him with his immigration "knowledge of life" test. They had supplied him with a shirt fitted with tiny buttonhole cameras sewn in, a microphone and a small earpiece.
Zhuang explained the pair would help the person taking the exam, who may be unable to speak, read or write English, directing them via the earpiece to move their body so the camera could view the exam paper. This is then transmitted back to Lee and Yang who would tell the person taking the test which box to tick.
Immigration has swollen the population of Britain by 1.8million since Labour came to power, according to Government statistics.
Ministers are braced for new demands for a cap on the number of arrivals from overseas in the wake of the figures.
These will show that net migration - the number of people arriving in Britain, minus those leaving - hit 200,000 last year. It will take the total increase in population attributable to net migration to around 1.82m in 11 years. The level of net migration, which stood at less than 50,000 a year in 1997, has increased four-fold since Labour was elected.
The figures from the Office of National Statistics, to be released tomorrow alongside a raft of Home Office immigration statistics, will leave Britain firmly on course to have a population of 70million by 2031.
New immigration minister Phil Woolas has insisted the 70million milestone will not be reached.
The new ONS net migration total is an increase on 2006, when the figure was 190,000.
Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve said: 'These estimated figures betray a Labour Government that is not in control of immigration policy. Immigration can be of real benefit to the country but only if it is properly controlled.
'They should answer our call to establish an annual limit on non-EU immigration, transitional controls on future EU immigration and to establish a dedicated UK Border Police force.' Yesterday, an international organisation, which receives funding of £25million a year from British taxpayers, demanded increased rights for migrants living here during the economic downturn.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said the Government should try to employ more migrants in the public sector.
Accentuarea prabusirii pietei auto nu mai este o surpriza pentru nimeni. Datele statistice oferite de DRPCIV, din cadrul MIRA, confirma oficial rezultatele proaste pentru luna octombrie, anticipate de principalii jucatori. In paralel, numarul masinilor second-hand intrate in Romania a crescut simtitor, dar in niciun caz la valori alarmante.
Statisticile arata chiar ca cei mai multi amatori de astfel de masini provin din randul fostilor cumparatori de masini rulate de pe piata interna.
Desi cifrele de pe octombrie nu reflecta la zi evolutia pietei, deoarece schimbarile sunt destul de galopante, cu scaderi de la o zi la alta, ele arata intr-o buna masura ca temerile celor implicati nu au motivatii suficiente pentru a fi alarmiste. Exista o scadere, indusa atat de importurtile masive de vehicule rulate din Occident, cat si de inasprirea conditiilor de finantare, insa cele aproximativ 3.000 de unitati pierdute fata de aceeasi luna din 2007 nu sunt o tragedie.
Eventual, dealerii ar trebui sa inteleaga ca au nevoie mai mult decat oricand sa intensifice atentia acordata clientilor, deopotriva celor potentiali, care intra in showroom, si celor care au cumparat deja o masina si care se lovesc de nivelul scazut al serviciilor post-vanzare si influenteaza mai departe comportamentul altor clienti. Discutand despre impactul pietei second-hand, avem curajul sa spunem ca acesta nu este atat de mare pe cat incearca importatorii si producatorii sa sublinieze.
Chiar daca importurile de masini rulate s-au dublat comparativ cu aceeasi luna a anului trecut, a scazut simtitor volumul de tranzactii cu acelasi tip de masini pe piata interna. Mai pe intelesul tuturor, cei mai multi dintre cumparatorii de masini vechi au renuntat la a-si cumpara o masina din anunturi sau de la targ si au migrat catre oferta externa, mai ieftina si cu produse, cel putin teoretic, mai bune. In plus, dupa cum arata cifrele, vanzatorii de masini noi au pierdut doar aproximativ 3.000 de clienti, in timp ce tranzactiile cu autoturisme second-hand au crescut cu 15.000. Asta inseamna ca cea mai mare crestere a provenit din randul persoanelor care in alte conditii (taxa veche) nu si-ar fi cumparat nicidecum vreo masina.
Chief economist Lucian Anghel of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) believes the Standard&Poor’s and other financial rating agencies having downgraded Romania’s ratings is unjustified because of the country’s macroeconomic performance compared with the performance of other emerging countries.
Anghel points to an economic growth of 8.3% in 2008, up from just 6% in 2007, and to fixed capital formation, which advanced 29.5% in 2008, year on year, up from 28.9% in 2007. The BCR chief economist anticipates a slowdown in Romania’s economic growth in the remaining part of the year as a result of the world credit crisis.
“Given that the financial crisis will trigger narrowing current-account surpluses of the large oil exporters and the exporters of highly technological products globally, the emerging countries, including Romania, are expected to witness a narrowing of their current-account deficits as a ratio to the Gross Domestic Product,” Anghel explains.
2008 should see the beginning of a gradual correction of the current-account deficit, a trend that is likely to go on for many years, says Anghel. Anghel also says inflation could reach only 6.2% in 2008 year on year, because there are various short-term factors able to fuel the deflation prices.
The BCR chief economist also foresees a plummeting in the non-governmental credit particularly as far as forex loans are concerned. For 2009, Anghel foresees successive cuts in the monetary policy rate of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), cuts that should be visible as early as the next first half year.
Libera circulatie a muncitorilor care provind din Romania nu a produs perturbari serioase pe piata de munca, se arata intr-un proiect de raport ce urmeaza sa fie adoptat, marti, de Colegiul Comisarilor de la Bruxelles.
Totodata - se mai precizeaza in document - Comisia Europeana incurajeaza tarile care inca pastreaza astfel de restrictii, sa le ridice cat mai repede posibil. Raportul este o radiografie a mobilitatii muncitorilor din noile state in perioada 1 ianuarie 2007 - 31 decembrie 2008 si o pledoarie pentru ridicarea restrictiilor din statele membre care le pastreaza inca.
In prezent, 15 tari au impus restrictii totale sau partiale cetatenilor romani si bulgari. Este vorba despre Austria, Belgia, Danemarca, Franta, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Italia, Luxemburg, Malta, Marea Britania, Olanda, Portugalia, Spania si Ungaria.
NewsIn noteaza ca aceste concluzii formulate de comisarului european pentru munca si afaceri sociale, Vladimir Spidla, ar putea suferi modificari din partea colegilor ce provin din unele vechi state membre care nu doresc, totusi, ridicarea acestor restrictii.
Informatile care au aparut luni in presa irlandeza referitoare la continuarea restrictiilor impuse muncitorilor romani pe piata muncii din Irlanda si dupa 1 ianuarie 2009, timp de 3 ani, au stirnit diferite reactii in comunitatea romaneasca din aceasta tara, clasa politica din Romania fiind vazuta drept un vinovat important pentru aceasta noua restrictie.
Cert e ca Guvernul Irlandei inca nu a anuntat oficial restrictiile, insa canalele de pe care s-a scurs informatia sint extrem de credibile. O decizie finala a Guvernului este asteptata in aceste zile. Dupa 25 de ani de crestere economica, Irlanda experimenteaza recesiunea, iar somajul se afla si el in crestere.
Mai mult, tot mai multi spanioli si francezi au inceput sa vina in Irlanda, din cauza somajului in crestere si din tarile lor. Acesta este starea de fapt in care vor fi anuntate, in mod oficial, noile restrictii pentru romani si bulgari.
“Guvernul Irlandei s-a fript cu polonezii”
Paul Lupu, redactorul-sef al singurei publicatii in limba romana, Informatia, crede ca decizia era de asteptat, pe fondul crizei economice din Irlanda. “Nu e nimic nou, oricum Irlanda face ceea ce face si Marea Britanie. Si la cit de “roz” e situatia acum in ambele locuri, era de asteptat. Problema e irlandezii ca s-au fript cu polonezii sau cu lituanienii, carora le-au dat liber complet in 2004 si acestia au venit cu mult mai multi decit s-au asteptat oficialitatile”.
Paul Lupu nu crede ca Guvernul Irlandei ar avea ceva cu romanii. “Guvernul Irlandei e disperat acum, trebuie sa ne gindim si din punctul lor de vedere. Le-ar sari lumea in cap daca ar deschide piata si pentru romani pentru ca evident ca s-ar obtine mai greu de munca daca ar fi concurenta libera si din partea romanilor”, crede Paul.
“Din Africa si Asia vin de zeci de ori mai multi!”
Bogdan S. are 38 de ani si a venit de 4 luni in Irlanda. Si-a gasit de munca la un magazin cunoscut din Dublin, unde angajatorii nu l-au intrebat nimic legat de permisul de munca. “Ce nu inteleg eu este de ce se tem ei asa mult de doar doua tari europene cu un potential de emigrare aici de maxim cateva zeci de mii pe an, cand din Africa si Asia vin de 10 ori mai multi! Si cred ca odata cu trecerea crizei, poate chiar in vara viitoare, e posibil sa scurteze perioada, cel putin asa sper”, spune Bogdan.
Are workers in Scotland and the UK as a whole being forced to take less secure jobs because of the competition provided by mass migration? 
Communities are struggling to adapt to 'unprecedented' levels of migration, one of Prince Charles's official charities warned last night.
Blue card-ul european, similar cu sistemul american "green card", va atrage imigranti cu o inalta calificare profesionala, in special in sectoare care se confrunta cu lipsa personalului calificat. Prin adoptarea raportului Klamt, deputatii europeni au reafirmat principiul "preferintei comunitare", care este si in interesul cetatenilor romani.
Lipsa banilor si problemele de sanatate ne afecteaza calitatea vietii, aflata la un nivel sub media UE. Romanii se afla printre cei mai putin "fericiti" europeni, deasupra nefericitilor Europei - bulgarii, dar sub majoritatea cetatenilor din UE, unde nordicii conduc la acest capitol, potrivit unui studiu al agentiei Eurofound. Cetatenii romani sunt in coada plutonului european si in privinta satisfactiei fata de calitatea vietii, influentata, potrivit cercetarii, de nivelul veniturilor si de problemele de sanatate ale individului.
Up to 300,000 visas allowing foreigners the right to enter Britain are wrongly handed out every year, MPs were told yesterday. The shock admission – from a senior immigration official – means that millions of illegal immigrants may have been let into the country. Home Office staff are under pressure to grant rather than reject visas to meet Labour’s productivity targets.
Immigration minister Phil Woolas tells the Guardian that most asylum seekers are economic migrants rather than refugees fleeing persecution, accusing lawyers and charities of "playing the system" ('You can't come in', November 18). But instead of scapegoating lawyers, he should be exercising humanity and sharpening up his department's decision-making. It is ministers that are playing the asylum system, and justice in Britain is at stake.
Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to UK communications regulator Ofcom. Research suggests that 86% of homes in Britain can now receive digital on their main set, while 30% have digital video recorders. Ofcom also says British consumers pay less than those in other countries for TV, mobile phones and broadband. The report also says people in Ireland send the most text messages.
O biblioteca digitala care ofera acces on-line la doua milioane de adevarate simboluri ale culturii europene din ultimii 2000 de ani va fi lansata, joi, de Uniunea Europeana.
A decline in immigration is starting to accelerate as the recession bites, with a 36% fall in the number of Poles and other east Europeans coming to work in Britain recorded so far this year.
Figures published by the European Commission showed a marked slow down of immigration from Eastern Europe, down from 205,000 incomers to Britain in 2006 to 185,000 in 2007.
Immigration statistics for the UK are to be released and are expected to show net migration into the country has risen to 200,000 a year. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has said the population should not exceed 70 million. The Home Office said its new points-based system allows only those migrants with the required skills to come in to the country.
The Scottish Parliament is expected to vote decisively against the introduction of ID cards later. However, the policy is reserved to Westminster and the first cards will be issued this month to foreign students entering Britain. It is planned to make them available to everyone in the UK by 2012. An SNP motion condemning ID cards as an expensive invasion of civil liberties is expected to be backed by all parties, except Labour.
Suspendarea taxei de poluare pentru autoturismele noi starneste controverse. In timp ce conducerea Dacia si importatorii saluta initiativa, piata second-hand acuza abuzul si discriminarea, estimand o majorare a taxei pentru autovehiculele second-hand.
CE incurajeaza membrii mai vechi ai UE sa isi deschida piata muncii, dand publicitatii un raport care arata ca cele doua valuri de extindere ale blocului comunitar, din 2004 si 2007, nu au generat un aflux de imigranti din Europa Centrala si de Est, relateaza publicatia electronica EUObserver.
Two British residents were sentenced to jail last week for using an array of computers and wireless gear to feed answers to paying clients taking an immigration test in London, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Immigration has swollen the population of Britain by 1.8million since Labour came to power, according to Government statistics.
Accentuarea prabusirii pietei auto nu mai este o surpriza pentru nimeni. Datele statistice oferite de DRPCIV, din cadrul MIRA, confirma oficial rezultatele proaste pentru luna octombrie, anticipate de principalii jucatori. In paralel, numarul masinilor second-hand intrate in Romania a crescut simtitor, dar in niciun caz la valori alarmante.
Chief economist Lucian Anghel of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) believes the Standard&Poor’s and other financial rating agencies having downgraded Romania’s ratings is unjustified because of the country’s macroeconomic performance compared with the performance of other emerging countries.
Libera circulatie a muncitorilor care provind din Romania nu a produs perturbari serioase pe piata de munca, se arata intr-un proiect de raport ce urmeaza sa fie adoptat, marti, de Colegiul Comisarilor de la Bruxelles. 
Informatile care au aparut luni in presa irlandeza referitoare la continuarea restrictiilor impuse muncitorilor romani pe piata muncii din Irlanda si dupa 1 ianuarie 2009, timp de 3 ani, au stirnit diferite reactii in comunitatea romaneasca din aceasta tara, clasa politica din Romania fiind vazuta drept un vinovat important pentru aceasta noua restrictie.