Curbs lifted for Romanians and Bulgarians
A change to the rules in 2014 will allow Bulgarian and Romanian migrants to work in the UK from today. Some newspapers are warning of an influx of thousands of migrants.
UK jobs outnumber other nations on Romanian website
There are more British jobs advertised on a Romanian recruitment website than all of the other European countries with similar employment laws combined.
Eight other countries are joining the UK in lifting working restrictions for migrants today - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Spain and the Netherlands.
The Romanian recruitment website Tjobs.ro carries the following numbers of job advertisements:
- UK - 4,896
- Austria - 245
- Belgium - 25
- France - 591
- Germany - 2,055
- Luxembourg - 50
- Malta - 95
- Spain - 130
- Netherlands - 214
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