By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:58 EST, 3 February 2013 | UPDATED: 03:12 EST, 4 February 2013 Bulgarian and Romanian workers will go to other European countries when an immigration ban is relaxed at the beginning of next year, leading politicians from the two countries said today. Bulgarian foreign minister Nikolay Mladenov said many of his compatriots would much rather travel to Germany, Spain and Italy, as his country has stronger business links with those countries. He said there was a danger that fears about thousands of immigrants descending on the UK could 'dampen' relations with Bulgaria. Migration: Bulgarian nationals queuing up outside the British Embassy in Sofia for visa applications in 2006
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Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union in 2007 but workers were prevented from travelling to the UK
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Ban preventing them from working in the UK comes to an end at the beginning of next year
Meanwhile a diplomatic row has broken out after @placeholder made public last week plans to warn off Romanian migrants.