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| The '''A8 countries''', also referred to as the '''EU8''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/CEE/2007/080107.pdf |author=Marcel Tirpak |language=en |accessdate=2020-09-16 |title=Migration in EU8 countries}}</ref> are eight of the 10 countries that joined the ] during its ]. They are grouped separately from the other two states that joined Union in 2004, i.e. ] and ], because of their relatively similar ex-Eastern block background, per capita income level, Human Development Index level, and most of all the geographical location in mainland ], where two other states from aforementioned 2004 batch are Mediterranean isles.<ref name=StackExchange>{{cite web |url=https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/35447/when-the-a8-ex-eastern-bloc-states-acceded-was-the-process-defined-by-treaty |title=When the A8 (ex-Eastern Bloc) states acceded, was the process defined by treaty or by the Ordinary Legislative Process? |author= Stack Exchange |accessdate=2020-09-16 |website=politics.stackexchange.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4479759.stm|title=Who are the "A8 countries"?|publisher=BBC News|date=24 April 2005|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| According to ] a particular reason for grouping the A8 countries was an expectation that they would be the origin for a new wave of increased migration to wealthier European countries.<ref name=BBC/> They initially proved to be the origin of a new wave of migration, with many citizens moving from these countries to other states within the EU, later giving a way to newer EU members, like Romania, Bulgaria, and increasing migration from the southern Europe struck by the global financial crisis. In a limelight of ], the attractiveness of United Kingdom, a market that used to hold the largest share in immigration from A8 states, has sharply declined, and number of EU citizens leaving UK has hit its record heights. <ref name=TheGlobalist>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobalist.com/uk-brexit-migration-labor-market-eu/ |title=Brexit: Lower Immigration = Lower Growth |accessdate=2020-09-16 |author=Agnieszka Gehringer |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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