Posted 18 July 2012 - 06:32 PM
Romanian gangs of pick - pockets and thieves are leaving Spain en masse to continue their "trade" at the London Olympics.
They have total freedom of movement and residence in all EU nations and cannot be refused admission, by Law. Is it not time for the rest of the EU to wake up (UK included) and vary the terms of their accesion treaty ? This is a special case because the Roma have brought so much misery from their thieving to almost every EU member state.
In Spain, especially the Costas, they are ruining the tourist industry - Barcelona is by far the most likely place that you will lose all you have - all of your holiday money, passports, credit cards etc.
My viewpoint? Romanians do not deserve the freedom of movement afforded to them - they are a parasitic cancer on the EU and should be contained within their own borders, except for those who have genuine jobs to go to.
Am I being reactionary? Probably. But I live in Benidorm where the gangs have been thriving, bringing their tiny children here to rob from stores, and as "fronts" for their parents to steal from unwary tourists.
Lock them all away behind their national borders is my Clarion Call, but who will join me??