Latvians workers heading for Britain hits record high

By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Published: 4:51PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Some 15,385 Latvians purebred to work last year compared to 6,980 in 2008 whilst the series of Lithuanians additionally increasing from 11,560 to 14,720.

The Home Office sum show that notwithstanding claims most displaced person workers are returning home, thousands some-more go on to be captivated to the UK.

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However, the series of Poles, the largest organisation of Eastern European migrants, halved from 103,115 to 54,715.

As a outcome the sum series induction from the supposed A8 nations, those that assimilated the EU in 2004, fell from 166,700 to 113,445 last year.

The series claiming income-related benefits increasing from 13,616 to 25,860.