Published Date:
26 February 2008
NEARLY 800,000 Eastern European immigrants have applied to work in Britain since Poland and seven other ex-Soviet countries joined the European Union four years ago, new figures showed today.
The Home Office statistics did not include the self-employed – thought to include a large number of construction workers – nor those from Romania and Bulgaria, which joined the EU later.
Separate figures also showed the number of failed asylum seekers and dependants removed from Britain last year fell 26 per cent, to 13,595.
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Last Updated:
26 February 2008 1:03 PM
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Source:
Edinburgh Evening News
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Poles in Scotland