Second-class citizens?

In Bulgaria the case of Bulgarian students who took holiday jobs in Scotland through an employment agency and arrived there only to be forced to live in pitiable accommodation and receive less pay than promised has caused a scandal. For the daily Standart this is an intolerable situation: "Firstly, the whole affair ... was handled by a licensed agency. Secondly, Bulgaria is already an EU member and the times when foreign workers had to spend the night in a cellar full of rats in some foreign country so they could save up money to buy a car should have ended by now. ... If following an inquiry it turns out that the employment agency was responsible, it should be severely penalised. And those in government should give employers in Great Britain an official warning that they cannot treat Bulgarian workers willing to do jobs no one else wants to do like goods to be bought in bulk. For if the state turns a blind eye and offers no support in such a situation, Bulgarians could end up being treated like second-class citizens."

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