Migratia romanilor in Marea Britanie

Inca din anii ’90, romanii au inceput sa emigreze spre tarile vestice dar si cele de peste ocean

pentru a avea un trai mai bun. Al doilea val de migratie aparut in Romania a fost intre anii 2004-2007

cand un volum mare de personae emigra spre Spania, Italia sau Franta. Prima tara care si-a deschis

portile spre imigranti a fost Marea Britanie care a facilitat accesul acestora pe piata muncii, lucru ce a

dus la cresterea economica a acesteia.

Insa in urma celor intamplate in ultimii ani, britanicii au inceput sa se ingrijoreze in privinta

romanilor si bulgarilor angajati in MB. Romanii sunt acuzati ca nu au intentia de a lucra in MB ci de a

profita de beneficiile sistemului social. Britanicii se plang ca romanii sunt cersetori, hoti si femeile se

prostitueaza. Campania exacerbata anti-romani a creat un val de reputatie proasta pentru romani, dar

replica la aceasta este o campanie realizata de ziarul ‘’Gandul’’ care are urmatorele ‘’sloganuri’’:

‘’We may not like Britain, but you will love Romania.’’

‘’Half our women look like Kate, and the other half looks like her sister.’’

‘’We speak better English than anywhere you’ve been in France.’’[1]

Prim-ministrul David Cameron a lansat multe idei in a limita si a reduce drepturile si beneficiile

imigrantilor romani, insa aceste masuri ar naste actiune legale din partea Bruxxelului.

Prim-ministrul David Cameron va anunta luni o serie de masuri anti-imigratie, menite sa

ingreuneze accesul romanilor si bulgarilor in Marea Britanie si sa ii descurajeze pe acestia sa se mute in

Regatul Unit dupa ce restrictiile privind libertatea de miscare si de munca in UE vor fi ridicate, la

inceputul anului 2014.

Astfel, planurile premierului prevad un acces greu la sistemul national de sanatate pentru

imigranti, care vor fi nevoiti sa astepte cinci ani inainte de a obtine locuinte sociale. Totodata, amenzile

pentru angajatorii care primesc muncitori ilegali vor fi dublate, iar gazdele care primesc imigranti

ilegali ar putea de asemenea sa primeasca amenda, scrieReuters.[2]

'We want to get into your country before someone locks the door':

Shocking investigation into the coming wave of immigration from

Romania and BulgariaBy GUY ADAMS

PUBLISHED: 22:41 GMT, 15 February 2013 | UPDATED: 00:44 GMT, 16 February 2013

Lounging on the steps of a crumbling Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of Romania’s

most notorious slum, Iordan Rupa is drinking apple brandy and waiting for his mobile phone to ring.

Pulling a woollen hat tightly over his ears, he gestures at the filthy streets, filled with packs of stray

dogs, mountains of rubble and litter, potholes, and the occasional burnt-out car.

‘Look at this place,’ he says. ‘There is nothing for us here. No jobs, no money. But if God is willing,

this telephone will soon bring the chance of a better life.’

Homeless Romanian Gypsies living in Ferentari, the poorest part of Bucharest. They intend to come to the UK to find work.

Roughly 1,600 miles away, in Dalston, North-East London, his uncle, Petru, is at this moment

supposed to be visiting a branch of the money-wiring company Western Union. 

Petru has promised to send him enough cash to buy a one-way coach ticket from central Bucharest, just

a short drive from Ferentari where Iordan lives, to the UK. He’s due to call once the transaction has

been completed.

‘When the money arrives, I start packing,’ says Iordan, his breath freezing in the winter air. ‘I have a

last weekend with my wife and children then I leave for London.’

His first stop, after disembarking at Victoria Coach Station, will be a distribution centre for The

Big Issue. He plans to register as one of the homeless magazine’s sellers, before finding a pitch on the

streets of the capital.

Under a loophole in EU immigration rules, Big Issue sellers can claim ‘self-employed status’, thereby

gaining a National Insurance number and, with it, an instant legal foothold in the British labour market.

The Gypsies live in a makeshift shelter underneath a hot water pipe which helps to keep them warm.

WEBOGRAFIE

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2298581/Britain-defy-EU-migrant-rules.html

2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279419/We-want-country-locks-door-Shocking-

investigation-coming-wave-immigration-Romania-Bulgaria.html

3. http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21571453-rich-eu-countries-fret-over-all-romanians-

and-bulgarians-heading-their-way-next-wave

4. http://www.romani.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2154&Itemid=63

 

Madalina Macinic

MIE II