Almost 4,000 workers from Bulgaria and Romania were granted access to work in the UK between April and June 2007, official UK Home Office figures have shown.
The Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics 2nd Quarter 2007 show 3,990 workers from the two new EU states were granted access to work for employers – a drop of 21 per cent from the 5,075 granted in the first quarter of 2007. While not all migrants are working within the British construction sector, many are choosing to take this route.
Overall, 9,335 Bulgarian and Romanian nationals had UK applications granted to date in 2007. This figure includes those registering as self-employed and self-sufficient.