she dislikes Britain's culture of binge drinking and the fact that her teenage daughter has been bullied at school. "Some British people are nice. But on Friday and Saturday night everybody gets drunk. Many girls get pregnant at 16 or 17. The general level of education is low. I'm going back for a couple of months to collect our things. Then we'll start a new life in Bulgaria."
And it appears that the tabloid moral panic about hordes of Bulgars invading British job markets may be well overstated.
A Gallup poll in February suggested the number of Bulgarians wanting to leave the country has gone down to 7%. Of those, most wanted to go to the US, Spain, Greece, Italy and Germany. Only 0.2% to 0.4% mentioned Britain.
Indeed it looks like the Brits may be taking over from the Russians in seeking homes by the Black Sea.
Bulgaria is experiencing its own wave of migration - from Britain. British pensioners have bought up thousands of flats on the Black Sea coast and in mountainous ski resorts. ... Lured by some of the cheapest property prices in Europe, British families have started new lives here. They have sent their children to Bulgarian schools. They have renovated crumbling farmhouses, or dabbled in organic farming. Bulgarian officials politely suggest that by restricting Bulgarians' right to move to the UK, Britain is guilty of double standards. ...
And while we're at it this fact is sobering,
EU officials concede there are far fewer gangland killings in Bulgaria than in London. At the same time, Ms Koldanova points out there are only nine Bulgarians in British jails.
Hmmm; British prejudice can only stand so much reality.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Move to Britain? They're all drunks and psychos:
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