Migratory streams of people looking for a job from the 10 new EU member states to the West "are very moderate and not large enough to impact on the EU job market". A survey conducted by Barroso’s Commission will be presented in Brussels tomorrow, the first one to look at the current scenario of migrant workers after the accession of May 1st 2004. No "invasion from the East", then, not least because over the last two years the economic and employment scenario of the former Communist states have shown a substantial growth: "The job market in the new member states is good, with most unemployment rates falling down". The survey was supervised by Vladimir Spidla, commissioner in charge of the work and social affairs department. The main item that was reviewed by the executive committee was the free flow of people, "which is the experts say one of the fundamental freedoms of the European treaties". The survey had been long awaited, not least because Brussels and Strasbourg are drawing up a Services Directive which aims at deregulating the sector, which has arisen some doubts because of the potential migration of professionals that it could cause. According to the document, the latest migratory streams "have favourably affected the economy" of the destination countries, especially Austria, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
