NATO and UK- Immigration

As I mentioned in class last Thursday, there are high tensions right now between Romania and the UK. Romania is heated over what it sees as the UK targeting immigrants from Romania. "Bucharest tells London it has 'serious concerns' over British plan to limit rights of EU accession-state citizens." Romania, being a part of NATO and the EU with the UK, finds that the UK is going against European rules that are to be acknowledged and followed by all member states. The Romanians living in the UK currently are contributing well to the UK's economy and acting as proper citizens. Why this hostility against letting Romanian workers in? 

Britain is embroiled in a diplomatic row with Romania after making public its plan to target its citizens with measures to limit the flow of immigrants.
The east European state's foreign minister told the Observer that talk of extending restrictions on its citizens to work in the UK had caused "serious concerns". Titus Corlatean said he had received reassurances from the British foreign secretary, William Hague, that the UK would comply with its obligations under European law.
The British ambassador to Romania was asked to attend a meeting on Friday in Bucharest with the minister for Romanians abroad, Cristian David, at which the importance of discussing immigration in a "balanced and rational way" was debated.
David said: "Always when you try to keep some people out in a public campaign you have to be aware that you will make others feel uncomfortable who are already there and integrated. I expressed myself very diplomatically."
Dr Ion Jinga, the Romanian ambassador to the UK said: "I am worried that Romanians and Bulgarians are in the middle of a game in which they do not belong."



Corlatean, who met Hague in Brussels last week, said: "Most of the Romanians who came to UK are working hard and honestly. They are paying for social security insurance, as well as for health insurance, they are net contributors to the British health and social systems.
"There are also European rules that have to be applied by all member states. "Our expectations are that these European rules regarding social benefits will be respected by the UK.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/02/romania-uk-immigrants-diplomatic-row