Recession-Sparked European Social Unrest Arrives in Britain

Recession-Sparked European Social Unrest Arrives in Britain
英國工人抗議雇主可雇用外籍工人

With the recession biting and unemployment rates rising, Britain is the latest European country to experience social unrest. At issue in the U.K.; the practice of legally employing foreign European workers in certain sectors while some Britons remain unemployed.
英國經濟衰退日益嚴重，失業率不斷上升。英國成了出現大規�？棺h的又一個歐洲國家。在英國，很多人對一些行業里雇主可以合法雇傭來自歐洲其他國家的外籍工人，而英國本國的工人卻失業這種現象感到不滿。

The economic strains that first appeared in the U.S. subprime market last year are now being measured in terms of growing social unrest here in Europe as people confront an uncertain future under the backdrop of growing unemployment.
去年最先在美國次級房屋貸款市場內出現的經濟困境，現在已經傳播到歐洲。很多國家得失業日益嚴重，人們對未來缺乏信心，對現狀也越來越不滿。

Over just the past week, angry demonstrators have hit the streets of Iceland, Russia and France.
過去一個星期來，在冰島、俄羅斯和法國，抗議者紛紛走上街頭。

That unrest has now reached the shores of Britain. At an oil refinery on the eastern coast near the town of Grimsby, British workers are calling for a change of policy.
眼下，這股潮流已經抵達英倫三島。在英國東岸格里姆斯比城附近的一個煉油廠，抗議的英國工人要求政府對現有政策進行改革。

At issue, the legal employment there of hundred of Italian and Portuguese contractors while many Britons cannot find any work.
這些人對數百名來自意大利和葡萄牙的外籍工人可以合法地被雇傭，而很多英國人卻找不到工作非常不滿。