Free movement of workers

Good afternoon everyone,

Even though not from the UK, i thought i would contribute something to this forum. It was interesting to read comment from Mr Royal, as I think it is a sentiment shared by many; BUT i think this argument is where way too much attention is given to this small negative effect. So i would like to point out a couple of points:

I dont agree that "foreign workers" are stealing jobs here as very often those people that Rich refers to are doing jobs that people here are actually unwilling to do. Their pay is still small (but relatively high compared to what would they earn back home) and the loss for the economy by them is not that large as often put here. Furthermore, i think these problems are only short term - as the economies of newer members develop, such treds will become less and less frequent.

An interesting fact is that news about how many highy skilled workers have entered the UK to work never reach headlines, this issue often is only discussed from one angle and one never wonders what added value have new skills brought to the British economy. I am currently working at an international company based in London where half of the employees come from various EU countries. I can say that they that none of them are here to abuse British social security system, instead they pay taxes, spend their money here and most of all work towards improving British economy.

I believe that the gains from the free movement definately outweight the costs for the British society and i think it is the governments resposnibility to explain this to avoid people's misconceptions (as those what Rich has) about foreign workers.