Rise in Romania and Bulgaria workers

The number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK has risen by 15% year-on-year, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.

In the last three months of 2014 there were 172,000 people from the two eastern European countries working in the UK.

This is 22,000 more than the same period in 2013.

In January 2014, Bulgarians and Romanians gained the same rights to work in the UK as other EU citizens.

The figures also show that the total number of EU workers in the UK rose by 200,000 or 10.5% to almost 1.9 million.

The biggest rise was among migrants from the so-called A8 countries which include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Rise in Romania and Bulgaria workers

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