A quote from EU Observer, 4 January 2007

Ninety thousand Poles alone registered to work in Ireland in 2006 compared to 65,000 in 2005 according to the Irish national insurance office, with over 250,000 new workers settling on the island since 2004.

Net migration to the UK hit 400,000 in 2005 - almost double the level in 2004 and 215,000 more than officially stated by the British government a fresh study by UK consultancy Capital Economics says. […] The Capital Economics survey forecast that 50,000 to 60,000 people from the EU’s newest members [Romania and Bulgaria] will come to Britain in 2007 despite strict rules on work permits for highly-skilled professions only.

Meanwhile, Romanian authorities said 9,000 people crossed the border into Hungary in the first 24 hours after the country’s EU accession but that the vast majority went back after drinking a cup of coffee.