Government needs to be prepared for Bulgarian and Romanian workers

Reacting to the rise in Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers entering the UK in the last three months, think tank IPPR says: the government needs focus on how it can ensure that the UK is prepared.

Alex Glennie, Senior Research Fellow at IPPR, said:

"It's almost impossible to predict how many Bulgarians and Romanians will come to the UK in 2014, but the decline in immigration from Eastern Europe since 2011 should provide some guide. Bulgarians and Romanians who do want to migrate will have plenty of other options, closer to home and right across Europe.

"Nonetheless the government should help communities prepare to integrate those who will come. We need to learn the real lessons of the 2004 experience."

Notes to editors
IPPR's report - Migration review 2012/13 - is available here: http://bit.ly/16nrTHF