The Government is drawing up plans for emergency immigration controls to curb an influx of Greeks and other European Union residents if the euro collapses, the Home Secretary discloses today.
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| Theresa May says "work is ongoing" to restrict European immigration in the event of a financial collapse Photo: Getty |
May 25, 2012
In an interview in The Daily Telegraph, Theresa May says “work is ongoing” to restrict European immigration in the event of a financial collapse.
People from throughout the EU, with the exception of new member countries such as Romania and Bulgaria, are able to work anywhere in the single market.
However, there are growing concerns that if Greece was forced to leave the euro, it would effectively go bankrupt and millions could lose their jobs and consider looking for work abroad.
The crisis could spread quickly to other vulnerable countries such as Spain, Ireland and Portugal, although Britain is regarded as a safe haven because it is outside the single currency.
Details of the contingency plan emerged as the euro crisis deepened further yesterday.
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If Theresa May and her Government are going to stop migration/immigration to the UK, she must be aware of a force to action that which no others of us know about. The police and the UK border force, from the middle ranks upwards, are staffed by people who made their way up during the Blair/Brown years and who believe that absolutely anybody has a right to live here.
We've nothing to fear from Greeks and Spaniards. What we need to fear is the illegals already in Greece or Spain, who may be of indeterminate status.
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