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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Here is a recent newspaper artcile about migration from Accession countries to the UK.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The prevalence of Poles and Lithunaians should come as no suprise. In an article detailing the economic situation of the accession states last May Poland and Lithuania had both the hihjest levels of unemployment and the lowest mean incomes of all the accession states.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>176,000 come to work in </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB>UK</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>by Stephen Hull</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Metro </SPAN><st1:date Year="2005" Day="27" Month="5"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Friday May 27<SUP>th</SUP> 2005</SPAN></st1:date></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>About 176,000 Eastern European workers have come to </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Britain</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB> since the EU expanded last year, it was revealed today. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The figures vastly exceed the 5,000 to 13,000 estimated by government advisers.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Most were Polish men, aged between 18 and 34, the Home Office figures from May to March showed.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Nearly all of them – 94 % - found work, many taking “hard to fill” jobs and contributing £500millioen to the economy, said the Home Office minister Tony McNulty.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>‘Workers are contributing to our economy, paying tax and National Insurance and filling key jobs in areas where there are gaps,’ said Mr McNulty. Very few applied for benefits. Of the 1,200 applications for Income Support, Job Seeker’s Allowance or State Pension Credit only 24 went ahead for consideration. Under half of the 8,000 applications for child benefit were approved.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>So-called Accession Eight members gained work in </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Britain</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB> by signing on the worker registration scheme.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Most found jobs in catering, farming and construction but thousand of others were working in public services.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>After the Poles, the second largest group came from Lithuanians followed by Slovaks.</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT><br> <br><hr>Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net<br></body></html>