EC to discuss the restrictions for Bulgarian workers in 10 countries

The European Commission (EC) will discuss next week the issue of restrictions for Bulgarian workers in 10 EU countries, announced the press service of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. The press office reminded that on May 13 MEP Iliana Ivanova from GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) submitted a question to the EC, requesting it to specify under what conditions the Commission would assume that there were serious difficulties in the labour market and the member-states willing to extend the deadlines for restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians would be able to do so.

According to EC data for 2010, some 430,000 Bulgarians reside in EU countries, the Employment Agency told Klassa. The largest Bulgarian community is in Spain, where according to official figures live about 168,000 of our compatriots. Germany follows with around 66,000 Bulgarians residing there, next comes Greece with 54,000 Bulgarians and Italy with 46,000 of our fellow countrymen. According to the National Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria on Migration and Integration for 2008-2015, about 200,000 Bulgarians live in the U.S., about 45,000 - in Canada, 15,000-20,000 - in South Africa and about the same number - in Australia. According to Bulgarian data, the number of our compatriots in Greece is considerably greater - about 110,000.

Jobs abroad are mainly sought by seasonal workers who want to be hired at hotels, restaurants and in agriculture. The other category of people that address the Employment Agency are university graduates that hope to get better pay and professional realisation abroad.

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