Labour MPs’ immigration warning

SCOTTISH Labour MPs want Tony Blair to introduce restrictions on the thousands of migrant workers expected to come to Britain from Bulgaria and Romania next year.

It is claimed that over the past two years some Scottish jobs that would have gone to local people have been taken by Poles, Czechs and Lithuanians whose countries were among the 10 which joined the European Union in 2004.

MPs spoke out yesterday as European leaders gave Bulgaria and Romania the green light to join the Union on January 1 next year.

While the back benchers acknowledge the major contribution made by foreign labour in filling skills shortages, they are fearful of the impact a second wave of migrants could have on local job markets, wages and services.

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