FTA CHALLENGES BRUSSELS’ ROSY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has challenged conclusions from the European Commission that the opening of Britain and other western European labour markets to workers from eastern European countries "has been positive on balance".
Brussels' Employment in Europe 2008 report claims the influx of mobile labour from the 10 eastern European countries that have joined the EU "has not led to serious disturbances on the labour market." This was even for member states such as the UK that have "seen a relatively large ...
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