Polish tourism ad plays on French fear of immigrants
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16:15 22/06/2005
In a tongue-in-cheek dig at the French fear of eastern European migrant workers, the Polish tourist board is using the image of a handsome plumber to promote Poland as a holiday destination. The...
Migrant workers being brought illegally into UK
11:20 21/06/2005
The BBC has found evidence that many Eastern European workers are being brought in illegally by a gangmaster in Cornwall in the UK . The BBC has found out that at least two Russians have been working...
Slovakia helps its unemployed immigrate abroad
10:44 16/06/2005
Slovakia has initiated a pilot scheme to help its unemployed immigrate to neighboring countries. The Jobs Abroad scheme means any Slovak on unemployment for more than three months can ask for a...
Immigrants to UK lower inflation, says bank boss
17:18 14/06/2005
The Governor of the Bank of England warned that UK inflation will be higher if eastern European workers stop coming to the UK. There is a fear that the large flow of immigrants in the past year was a...
Immigration to UK doubled over ten years: report
16:48 09/06/2005
The number of people who migrated to the UK was 512,600 in 2003, compared with 328,400 in 1991. The 2003 figure is nearly double the 1993 figure of 265,100. The UK's Office of National Statistics...
Immigration figures from new EU member states vary widely
14:17 02/06/2005
Germany's DIW Institute estimates that up to 150,000 people from the ten newest EU member states have immigrated to the older members since May 2004. Economic research group DIW found that more than...
