Last year the Flemish administration issued 14,000 working permits to foreigners wanting to work in our country. The lion's share of these foreign workers hail from Poland.
Since 1 June 2006 foreign workers may be recruited to do jobs for which there are no candidates on the Belgian labour market, the so called bottle neck professions.
This contrasts with the situation in the UK, Ireland and Sweden where more people are let in.
Immigration powers should be devolved to Wales also. To stop the exploitation of foreign and local workers and to ensure that funding for Wales's Public Services is properly maintained.
WALES could be losing out on millions of pounds because official statistics have not kept up with the recent influx of workers from countries such as Poland.