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Bulgaria to impose labour restrictions on Moldovans, Ukrainians and Macedonians
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Bulgaria will impose labour restrictions on nationals from Moldova, Ukraine and Macedonia, private national broadcaster bTV quoted Labour and Social Policy Ministry officials on March 28 2009.
The restrictions are designed to protect Bulgaria's labour market from foreign workers, Deputy Minister Dimitrar Dimitrov said.
There had been plans to extend co-operation between Bulgaria and the three countries in the labour sphere but this will not now happen, he said.
For now, the expected mass return of Bulgarians working abroad had not occurred, he said, although reports in Bulgarian media from the past three months said that many Bulgarian based in Spain were returning.
"It all depends on what these people expect to get when they come back to Bulgaria and what work they are ready to do," Dimitrov said.
"Within a couple of months the farming season starts and it will be a question of what returning workers are willing to do in Bulgaria".
Dimitrov said that, despite the lay-offs on account of the crisis, many positions remained unfilled because people lacked appropriate qualifications.
Bulgarians are also subject to labour restrictions. Out of 25 EU member states, 11 still have restrictions in place for Bulgarians and Romanians.
Ireland was the most recent country to extend restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians - until 2011. Germany, Austria and the UK have also confirmed that restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians will remain.
Bulgarians, Hungary and Portugal opened their labour markets to nationals of the two Balkan countries on January 8 2009.
Just before New Year's Eve, Greece and Spain did the same. Denmark, which currently imposes some restrictions, has also announced that it will stop applying restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers from May 1 2009, when it will also end all restrictions for workers from the eight EU member states that joined in 2004.
The restrictions are designed to protect Bulgaria's labour market from foreign workers, Deputy Minister Dimitrar Dimitrov said.
There had been plans to extend co-operation between Bulgaria and the three countries in the labour sphere but this will not now happen, he said.
For now, the expected mass return of Bulgarians working abroad had not occurred, he said, although reports in Bulgarian media from the past three months said that many Bulgarian based in Spain were returning.
"It all depends on what these people expect to get when they come back to Bulgaria and what work they are ready to do," Dimitrov said.
"Within a couple of months the farming season starts and it will be a question of what returning workers are willing to do in Bulgaria".
Dimitrov said that, despite the lay-offs on account of the crisis, many positions remained unfilled because people lacked appropriate qualifications.
Bulgarians are also subject to labour restrictions. Out of 25 EU member states, 11 still have restrictions in place for Bulgarians and Romanians.
Ireland was the most recent country to extend restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians - until 2011. Germany, Austria and the UK have also confirmed that restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians will remain.
Bulgarians, Hungary and Portugal opened their labour markets to nationals of the two Balkan countries on January 8 2009.
Just before New Year's Eve, Greece and Spain did the same. Denmark, which currently imposes some restrictions, has also announced that it will stop applying restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers from May 1 2009, when it will also end all restrictions for workers from the eight EU member states that joined in 2004.
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It is absolutely preposterous that Bulgaria continues to donate on average 2 billion euros a year to the EU to maintain its membership but gets nothing in return. The EU has ceased funding and uses corruption as an excuse.
What about Italy and some of the other original members where corruption is rampant but they are still drawing full EU benefits with no labour restrictions or funding from the EU.
Why would Island be suddenly considered for EU membership when they are economy is technically non-existent?
Bulgaria is a shit place without logic ! It is ok if they do something and it is always wrong if somebody treats them the very same way like they treat others ... Nothing more ...
We need labor unions that can represent workers wherever they go in the European Union. If a Bulgarian is a member of a labor union is Bulgaria,his membership should be valid no matter where he goes,even if he goes to Spain,or some other country in the E.U. I would like to see all the labor unions in the European Union united to form an organization called the European Labor Community.
Is this from the same Government who has just winged, moaned and fought for the last 4 years about many EU countries stopping Bulgarians working in them ?