FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : EXPERTS BRUSH OFF UK FEARS ON BULGARIANS' 'INVASION'.

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Bulgarian politicians are scambling to contain a growing debate in public forums and the social media in Britain over fears that low-skilled workers from the Balkan country will "invade" the UK following the lifting of the last labour market restrictions on 1 January. In recent weeks, members of the UK cabinet as well as MPs have played on this fear.

Britain should be grateful to immigrants for being "beneficial to your economy," Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov told Sky News in...