Great Britain wants to limit immigration from the European Union, introducing labor quotas

The UK is considering the introduction of quotas for migrants - EU citizens entitled to work in the country, despite the criticism of this idea from a number of European leaders, said the head of the British Ministry of Defense and former vice -chairman of the conservative party, Michael Fallon. For Britain, this is one of the most important issues of the election campaign.

As RIA Novosti recalls, Prime Minister David Cameron repeatedly spoke of the need to introduce measures to monitor migration within the EU. In particular, he insists on the need to change national laws in such a way that migrants could not receive social benefits in two countries at once.

Criticism of plans for limiting migration from the EU to Britain was made by the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosa and the Chancelling of Germany Angela Merkel.

Fallon in an interview with Skynews said: “The limitation of the number of migrants from the EU entitled to work in Britain is one of the measures considered by the government. Some parts of Britain are in the siege under the influx of labor migrants. We study the numbers in detail, but is this correctly allowing a huge number of people to work in certain sectors (economics), certain areas restrictions ... We study the issue of its change in order to ensure control.

According to statistics, following the results of the completed in March, 131 thousand labor migrants arrived in Britain, while a year earlier - 95 thousand.

The problem of migration is the main thing in the election discussion in the beginning of the pre -election discussion on the eve of the parliamentary elections outlined in May 2015. The current government expresses a tough position, Prime Minister Cameron did not even exclude a referendum on the country's exit from the European Union. The Cabinet of Ministers before Christmas intends to submit a plan to limit the rights of migrants from other European Union countries.

According to the media, the office considers several options for actions, but the final decision has not yet been made.