Tue, Feb 09 2010
The European Commission (EC) said it was disappointed with the decision of UK official to impose limits on the migration of workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two countries joined the EU.
Brussels said that the free movement of workers was going to have positive effect on the local economies.
On October 24 UK officials said that unskilled workers would be employed only in food processing and agriculture.
At the same time EC officials said that EU member countries had the right to impose some restrictions and their decision could not be changed.
Representatives of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry said as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA that analyses showed mass worker migration was not expected after Bulgaria's EU entry.
Bulgaria had excellent relations with the UK and the decision was disappointing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dimitar Tsanchev said. Such decision was going to harm Bulgaria, as the EU members that entered the union in 2004 did not experience similar limitations, Tsanchev said.
The possibility for imposing reciprocal measures for countries that curbed worker migration from Bulgaria was going to be considered, said Tsanchev.
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