Saturday, May 26, 2012

Britain Prepares Emergency Immigration Controls If The Euro Collapses

Theresa May: We'll Stop Migrants If Euro Collapses -- The Telegraph

The Government is drawing up plans for emergency immigration controls to curb an influx of Greeks and other European Union residents if the euro collapses, the Home Secretary discloses today.

In an interview in The Daily Telegraph, Theresa May says “work is ongoing” to restrict European immigration in the event of a financial collapse.

People from throughout the EU, with the exception of new member countries such as Romania and Bulgaria, are able to work anywhere in the single market.

However, there are growing concerns that if Greece was forced to leave the euro, it would effectively go bankrupt and millions could lose their jobs and consider looking for work abroad.

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My Comment: I live in Quebec, Canada .... and in the past year we have been receiving a surge of immigrants from France interested in becoming Canadian citizens. If the euro does collapse .... I can easily see this surge become a tsunami .... especially from the most affected regions in Europe.

1 comment:

Joe Daniels said...

As much as there's an inundation of European residents, there's an even higher security and humanitarian catastrophe waiting in the wings as illegals in Eurozone countries go on the move. Watch this space.