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| Reid to set new EU migrant rules | Reid to set new EU migrant rules |
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| Home Secretary John Reid is to outline plans to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian people's right to work in the UK when they join the EU next year. | Home Secretary John Reid is to outline plans to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian people's right to work in the UK when they join the EU next year. |
| A Cabinet committee will consider on Tuesday his plan to place quotas on work permits, or controls on the types of employment people take up. | A Cabinet committee will consider on Tuesday his plan to place quotas on work permits, or controls on the types of employment people take up. |
| The Home Office said it had always had a policy of "managed immigration". | The Home Office said it had always had a policy of "managed immigration". |
| Up to 600,000 people have come to the UK from countries which joined the EU in 2004, far more than expected. | Up to 600,000 people have come to the UK from countries which joined the EU in 2004, far more than expected. |
| 'Managed migration' | 'Managed migration' |
| While the UK will take a limited number of unskilled Bulgarian and Romanian workers to carry out jobs like fruit-picking, Mr Reid is expected to say that it will not continue to operate an "open-door" policy. | While the UK will take a limited number of unskilled Bulgarian and Romanian workers to carry out jobs like fruit-picking, Mr Reid is expected to say that it will not continue to operate an "open-door" policy. |
| A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We have always supported the principle of managed migration." | A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We have always supported the principle of managed migration." |
| She added that, over the summer, the immigration service had seen its "biggest overhaul", which had increased the need for a "gradual access" for new EU residents. | She added that, over the summer, the immigration service had seen its "biggest overhaul", which had increased the need for a "gradual access" for new EU residents. |
| Mr Reid is expected to make his announcement following the Cabinet committee meeting on Tuesday. | Mr Reid is expected to make his announcement following the Cabinet committee meeting on Tuesday. |
| Bulgaria and Romania learned last month that they would become EU members in January 2007. | Bulgaria and Romania learned last month that they would become EU members in January 2007. |
| Baroness Scotland told the House of Lords on Monday the government's scheme would be "welcoming" while "safeguarding the best interests of the people of this country". | |
| The government had also "learnt a great deal" from Polish workers, whose arrival had benefited the country, she added. |