Press Release: Extension of labour market restrictions

Controls to restrict how Bulgarian and Romanian nationals access the UK labour market will be extended until the end of 2013, UK Immigration Minister Damian Green announced on 23 November 2011. This means Romanian and Bulgarian (A2) nationals seeking to work in the United Kingdom will continue to require permission from the UK border agency before they can work in the UK. Permission to work would normally be given only where the worker had a specific job offer and the work was in skilled employment for which the employer has been unable to find a suitably qualified resident worker. The Minister said that maintaining these controls would ensure that migration benefited the UK and did not adversely impact on our labour market.

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United Kingdom: Home Office: Written ministerial statement, 23.11.11: Extension of labour market restrictions http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/parliamentary-business/written-ministerial-statement/bulgarian-romanian-workers-wms/?view=Standard&pubID=963822

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