Bulgarians are leaving UK en masse

More and more Bulgarians are leaving the UK. Bulgarians on the island are the third largest group of European citizens who are leaving. According to data by June 2025, about 11,000 Bulgarian citizens have returned to Bulgaria, while less than 4,000 arrived in the UK. Such a negative migration balance has not been observed for years.

The main reasons for this trend is the increased cost of living. The prices of rent, food and energy on the island continue to rise, while the incomes of many migrants remain mostly unchanged. In addition, there are serious problems in the National Health Service and difficult access to medical care. There is also an unofficial factor that leads to the outflow of Bulgarians from the country - discrimination, both in the workplace and in access to social services.

The largest group leaving Britain are Romanians - about 37,000 people per year. They are followed by Poles, but Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese and French are also among those leaving. These data clearly show that Britain is gradually losing its attractiveness as a place for working and living for many Europeans, bTV reports.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov
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