Leave camp condemns “uncontrolled migration” as number of EU workers in UK reaches new record-highThe number of EU migrants working in Britain rose by a record-high 250,000 to reach over 2.2 million last year according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics. EU-born workers from Spain, Portugal, Italy and France rose 22% from 797,000 to 974,000 in the year, while the number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers rose by 46,000 to reach a record 232,000. Workers from Eastern European states, including Poland and the Baltics, rose by 30,000 to 974,000. Overall, EU workers now account for 6.8% of …read more
Source: Open Europe
