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| Romanians for Remainians: an 'adoption' offer for bewildered Brits | Romanians for Remainians: an 'adoption' offer for bewildered Brits |
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| If the Brexit fallout has left you reeling and combing your family tree for alternative passport options, it might be time to consider adoption by a Romanian family. | If the Brexit fallout has left you reeling and combing your family tree for alternative passport options, it might be time to consider adoption by a Romanian family. |
| A daily newspaper in Bucharest has launched a “Romanians for Remanians” campaign, offering a new home to the 48% of Britons who voted to stay in the European Union. | A daily newspaper in Bucharest has launched a “Romanians for Remanians” campaign, offering a new home to the 48% of Britons who voted to stay in the European Union. |
| The Gandul website tells Brits who believe in a united Europe to “leave the Brexiters, the quarrelling and the weather behind” and “start brand new life” in Romania. | The Gandul website tells Brits who believe in a united Europe to “leave the Brexiters, the quarrelling and the weather behind” and “start brand new life” in Romania. |
| It also calls on Romanians to volunteer to help “the good people who voted to remain and share European values deserve to be our relatives”. | It also calls on Romanians to volunteer to help “the good people who voted to remain and share European values deserve to be our relatives”. |
| They don’t say whether the offer is also open to the “Regrexit camp”, those who voted leave but have since changed their minds. | They don’t say whether the offer is also open to the “Regrexit camp”, those who voted leave but have since changed their minds. |
| The campaign’s Facebook app connects “loving Romanian families” with needy Brits, allowing people to offer to help would-be immigrants apply for a Romanian ID. | The campaign’s Facebook app connects “loving Romanian families” with needy Brits, allowing people to offer to help would-be immigrants apply for a Romanian ID. |
| “@OanaRomocea: #Romania's response to UKIP's success in #EP2014 pic.twitter.com/3AoHfFFf2t #whydontyoucomeover” | |
| This is not the first campaign Gandul has targeted at Britons. In 2014, amid fears in the UK of an influx of Romanians and Bulgarians as restrictions on immigration were lifted, the publication launched Project #WhyDontYouComeOver, offering job opportunities and accommodation alongside photographs of tourist attractions. | This is not the first campaign Gandul has targeted at Britons. In 2014, amid fears in the UK of an influx of Romanians and Bulgarians as restrictions on immigration were lifted, the publication launched Project #WhyDontYouComeOver, offering job opportunities and accommodation alongside photographs of tourist attractions. |
| The campaign was a response to concerns over an invasion of Romanian immigrants who would steal British jobs, commit crimes and abuse the health system. | The campaign was a response to concerns over an invasion of Romanian immigrants who would steal British jobs, commit crimes and abuse the health system. |
| Related: Immigration: Romanian or Bulgarian? You won't like it here | Related: Immigration: Romanian or Bulgarian? You won't like it here |