Romanian ambassador mocks MPs and media waiting for immigrants
"Journalists and distinguished British MPs who went to Luton airport on the 1 January ... discovered that only two Romanians came to the UK to take advantage of the lifting of border restrictions, and both having [sic] firm job offers - one washing cars, the other as a doctor in Essex. The overwhelming majority of the passengers were Romanians returning to jobs after having enjoyed Christmas with their families at home, or Britons coming home after skiing in the Carpathians," he said.
He added that an "insulting media campaign against Romanians" has been launched by sections of the British media that was not based on evidence.
"Most Romanians who came to the UK did so for work, not for benefits. We also plead in favour of honest, hard-working people, who pay taxes and contribute to society.
"It comes as a great surprise to see how attitudes towards Romania have become so easily formed by misguided and biased opinions."
The article in the Huffington Post later appeared to be amended to remove mention of politicians.
On New Year's Day, Keith Vaz, who chairs the home affairs committee, and Mark Reckless, a fellow member, told reporters they had come to the airport "to see for ourselves" the procedures in place. What they found was a plane three-quarters full, with the majority of the 146 passengers returning to jobs in Britain after spending Christmas with their families at home.
Jinga said that he, like many Romanians, had invited other Romanian friends over for Christmas. "As all these three persons will be leaving Britain in the next few days, I therefore hope they will not be counted to the millions of Romanians expected to invade the island."
Romania joined the EU in 2007, and Jinga said that most of those wanting to work abroad had already done so.
"Taking into account the near-exhaustion of Romania's potential to 'export' workers and the fact that my country is now the fastest-growing economy in the EU, lifting restrictions on 1 January 2014 is unlikely to lead to a massive increase in the number of Romanians coming to the UK," he said
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Now, I realise that by laughing along with the Romanian Ambassador and making fun of British (well almost) Press I am betraying my country and being a race traitor etc
but I couldn't give a fuck.
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