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The Great Big Romanian Invasion

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06/09/2014 GMT

BBC World News - The Great Big Romanian Invasion

Journalist and filmmaker Tim Samuels meets Romanians who have headed to British shores.

Journalist and filmmaker Tim Samuels follows the experiences of Romanians who have headed to British shores to live and work for the first time.

At the tail end of 2013 the papers were full of panic-inducing headlines about the prospect of millions of Romanians waiting to invade our shores, take our jobs and fleece our welfare system once EU border controls were relaxed on January 1. Journalist and filmmaker Tim Samuels, himself a descendent of Romanian immigrants, has decided to look behind the headlines, following the experiences of Romanians who have headed to British shores to live and work for the first time, as well as exploring the UK's continuing unease with the thorny issue of immigration. Irreverent, insightful and warm, The Great Big Romanian Invasion reveals some surprising sides to our own national psyche as well as that of our newest neighbours.

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