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<p>Only Croatia has joined the EU since 2010, and this involved a thorough debate
in Parliament on Croatia’s accession Treaty. Following Croatia’s accession, no further
countries are expected to join the EU before the early 2020s. As part of the process
of extending the Transitional Controls on Bulgaria and Romania the Government commissioned
an independent review, by the Migration Advisory Committee, on access of those countries’
nationals to the UK labour market, which issued in November 2011.</p><p>The European
Commission provides detailed assessments of the expected impact of any new Member
State joining the EU. In addition, reports on enlargement and on the freedom of movement
of persons are included in the Government's Balance of Competences Review. We have
no plans to commission additional assessments of the impact of enlargement as we do
not believe that they would add value to those reports already published or commissioned.</p><p>
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