10:00PM BST 25 May 2012
In an interview in The Daily Telegraph,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/uknews/immigration/9291483/Theresa-May-interview-Were-going-to-give-illegal-migrants-a-really-hostile-reception.html
Theresa May says “work is ongoing” to restrict European immigration in
the event of a financial collapse.
People from throughout the EU, with the exception of new member
countries such as Romania and Bulgaria, are able to work anywhere in the
single market.
However, there are growing concerns that if Greece was forced to leave
the euro, it would effectively go bankrupt and millions could lose their
jobs and consider looking for work abroad.
The crisis could spread quickly to other vulnerable countries such as
Spain, Ireland and Portugal, although Britain is regarded as a safe
haven because it is outside the single currency.
The Home Secretary says that the Government is already “looking at the
trends” to determine whether immigration from beleaguered European
countries is increasing. She adds that it is “difficult to say how it is
going to develop in coming weeks”.
David Cameron said that Britain has made contingency plans to deal with
the break-up of the single currency. They involve preparations to
evacuate Britons from Greece if civil disobedience spirals out of control.