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New calls for cap on immigrant personnel considering information make known ... - Every day Letters

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Newly picked calls for cap on immigrant personnel later than information make known ... - Every day Letters Despite the huge number of new jobs available, the number of UK-born citizens in work over the period has fallen by 62,000. The big winners have been Eastern Europeans, who have taken almost 469,000 of the new jobs since the controversial expansion of the EU. Most of the 1.34million jobs created in the last seven years have gone to foreign workers The analysis by Migrationwatch UK uses the Government's Labour Force Survey to analyse who were the biggest winners during the economic boom. Its verdict is certain to put more pressure on Ministers to impose a cap on migrant workers. From 2001 to 2008, the numbers in employment in the UK rose by 1.342million yet the number of UK-born workers fell by 62,000. As well as Eastern Europeans, those who gained were 618,000 immigrants from other countries and 315,000 who were born overseas but became 'naturalised'. Even if the number of naturalised UK citizens is added to UK-born workers, Britons have still taken only 253,000 of the new jobs. The remainder - 1.089million - have gone to foreigners. Residents of Poland and seven other former Eastern Bloc countries which joined the EU in 2004 have no restrictions on their right to take jobs in the UK. However, there are limits on Bulgaria and Romania, which joined in January 2007. On Thursday, Immigration Minister Phil Woolas is expected to try to head off criticism by announcing that these limits will remain. A Government spokesman said: 'Over 90 per cent of the workforce is British. We are making an unprecedented investment in skills and training to ensure that UK residents do not lose out.' Employers must now also prove they cannot fill a post with a resident worker before bringing in someone from outside Europe. Enlarge Print this articleRead laterEmail to a friendShare this article: Digg itDel.icio.usRedditNewsvineNowpublicStumbleUponFacebookMySpaceFarkDM.has("readerComments");DM.has("debate");View allAdd your commentsComments (13)Here's what readers have had to say so far. They generally don't push themselves at all.Click to rateRating117- Richard, London, 16/12/2008 07:05As a small businessman who has benefitted from immigrant labour, I say well done to these hard working foreigners! AMANDA PLATELL and DYLAN JONES take up their positionsWill Yule celebrate Christmas on a shoestring... Labour MP quits government as Royal Mail privatisation row overshadows Brown poll boost Euro MPs scrap UK's opt-out of 48-hour week in move that can cost Britain �66billion U.S.