Labour MP Keith Vaz yesterday warmly greeted migrants arriving from Romania and Bulgaria – before calling for a referendum on free movement within the European Union. Mr Vaz, the influential chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said the British people needed to decide if the rules which allowed free-flowing migration across the continent should be changed. His comments came as controls on migrants from the two impoverished Eastern European countries lapsed at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Scroll down for video Greetings: Mr Vaz meets new arrivals from Romania Julian Barbat, centre, and Victor Spirescu As he greeted migrants at Luton airport, Mr Vaz said: ‘The British people need to decide if you are changing something like freedom of movement. At the end of the day it has to be a referendum.’
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Labour MP even bought some a coffee to find out why they are here
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Romanian Victor Spiresau told him he would send his cash back home
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'I don't come to rob your country. I work and then go home,' he said
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Mr Vaz says Britain should hold referendum on number of EU migrants
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Companies advertise 5,000 jobs to recruit Romanian workers
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Adverts promise cash daily and say command of English 'unnecessary'
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Today 4,896 jobs advertised in England, but less than 150 in rest of Britain
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