Populist politicians' attempts to fan the flames of hatred rely on our hardwired suspicion of outsiders Romanians and Bulgarians will gain the same rights as other EU citizens to move to Britain from 1 January . But for months the British media have been running alarmist reports about the imminent influx from these countries. What is it about this group of people that makes them seemingly so dangerous...
Romanian and Bulgarian migration stirs up ancient, dark parts of the brain Paul Quinn
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