There has been no mass influx of workers from the new EU member states to the UK since enlargement, according to new figures.
Data from the British Home Office released on Wednesday (7 July) reveals that after 1 May - the day the European Union enlarged by 10 new members - just over 8000 "new Europeans" entered Britain to work legally.
"The predicted dramatic increase of new arrivals has not materialized", the Home office concludes in a press release.
The UK is one of the ...
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