The joy of EU membership

From the BBC,
Europe children flood into Slough
A Berkshire town has been struggling to cope with nearly 90 children who have arrived unaccompanied from Eastern Europe.
The Roma children, one as young as ten, have apparently paid someone in Romania to send them to Slough.

The Borough Council does not know why it has been singled out but has been forced to set up a special team and spend £150,000 helping the children.

It has called for more government help to offset the strain on other services.

Family members

The authority has revealed that since 1 January, when Romania joined the European Union, 88 Romanian Roma children have arrived asking for help.

The children usually arrive in groups of three, but six have had babies of their own and seven have been pregnant.

The local authority has had to set up an emergency Roma assessment team.

It is currently supporting 53 children while others have been sent to live with family members who have been located in other parts of the UK. end quote


Come friendly gypsies, descend on Slough.
The only surprise to me is this is the first report of Romas I have seen. Having seen the prejudice against them in Romania I expected thousands of them to migrate here once Romania joined the detested Union.