As British expats look for opportunities outside UK, Britain looks set to be deluged by immigrants

As reported by the Telegraph today, Britain's ministers have no idea how many new Eastern European immigrants will come to the UK next year. According to the Telegraph (which I am now reproducing here verbatim), "a specially-commissioned study by a research group suggested that Britain is woefully unprepared for the ending of migration restrictions later this year suggesting that any influx of Romanians and Bulgarians could put a strain on schools and be made worse by the economic crisis in Italy and Spain. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research was asked by the Foreign Office to examine the “potential impact” of migration from Romania and Bulgaria, who joined the European Union on 1 January 2007. According to a British Labour Force sample survey, there are currently 26,000 Bulgarians and 80,000 Romanians living in the UK, but the actual numbers could be larger. The Niesr report also warned of the impact on the UK and the likely “pull” factors which could drive them to the UK, including:
• continuing economic problems in southern EU countries like Spain and Italy could mean that more Romanians and Bulgarians migrate to UK next year;
• Romanians and Bulgarians might be tempted to come here because they earn 40 per cent less than people in Britain and other European countries;
• Romanians and Bulgarians are most likely to settle in the south east of England – rather than fan out across the country as the Poles and others did after 2004;
• pressure on public services is most likely to be felt in primary schools – where there is already a severe forecast shortage of spaces. Figures show more than 800,000 extra places will be needed in state-funded nursery and primary schools by the end of the decade.
Earlier this month Professor John Howson, senior research fellow at Oxford University, said the shortage of places for five-year-olds was the “biggest problem” facing schools in England."