- 34,904 Romanians and 10,445 Bulgarians registered for National Insurance numbers in January, February and March
- New statistics severely undermine claims made last week that number of Romanians and Bulgarian workers in Britain fell in first months of this year
Nearly 50,000 Romanians and Bulgarians applied to work in Britain in the first three months of this year, dramatic new official figures showed yesterday.
A total of 34,904 Romanians and 10,445 Bulgarians registered for National Insurance numbers in January, February and March – the first three months after the lifting of employment restrictions on migrant workers from the two countries.
The new statistics severely undermine claims made last week that the number of Romanians and Bulgarian workers in the country actually fell in the first months of this year.
