Tory right presses Cameron to close UK to Bulgarians and Romanians
The Tory right is planning to place further pressure on David Cameron's relations with the EU by demanding a block on immigration from Romania and Bulgaria in 2014.
A group of backbenchers will build on their recent successes by calling for action against a feared influx of migrants. Temporary curbs imposed in 2005 on people from Romania and Bulgaria living and working in the UK will expire at the end of the year. Buoyed by Cameron's offer of an in-out referendum, a growing number of Tory MPs now believe the UK should block the lifting of restrictions even if it were to prompt a row with the European commission. The home secretary, Theresa May, has previously suggested that it would be impossible to maintain controls on immigration from the EU's newest states.
It is possible for the UK to put a stop to EU immigration in exceptional circumstances if it can persuade the European commission that the UK is in the grip of a crisis. Several European governments introduced temporary immigration controls when countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic joined the EU, to stop an influx of workers.
Nick de Bois MP, secretary of the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers, said: "I think we should learn the lessons of Labour's failure to take whatever steps we can to manage the impact of people who understandably are going to try to come to the UK."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/27/tory-right-cameron-bulgaria-romania
Looks like the 'temporary' limits on immigration from Bulgaria and Romania expire at the end of this year. It will be interesting to see how this plays into the Cameron's intention (pushed by the UKIP and his own party's right wing) to renegotiate the way that the UK fits into the EU.
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