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    'Statistically significant' rise in net migration to UK

    'Statistically significant' rise in net migration to England'

    FTFY.

    Pay up people.

    BBC News - 'Statistically significant' rise in net migration to UK


    'Statistically significant' rise in net migration to UK

    28 August 2014 Last updated at 10:54 GMT
    Immigration Minister James Brokenshire described the effort to cut net migration as "challenging"

    There was a "statistically significant" increase in net migration into the UK in the year up to March, from 175,000 to 243,000, the Office for National Statistics has said.

    EU citizens accounted for two-thirds of the increase.

    This included an increase in Romanian and Bulgarian citizens migrating to the UK, up to 28,000 from 12,000 in the previous 12 months.


    who'd have figured.

    Ministers said they would "control migration at sustainable levels".

    Separate figures from the ONS have shown a rise in the amount of people in the UK who were born abroad.

    'Sustainable levels'
    Prime Minister David Cameron has previously pledged to reduce net migration to below 100,000 by 2015.

    According to the quarterly statistics, a total of 560,000 immigrants arrived in the UK over the 12-month period to March, while an estimated 316,000 people left.

    Analysis
    Dominic Casciani, Home affairs correspondent

    Gatwick airport arrivals
    Whatever you think of the figures, today's migration statistics are part of the story of an open market economy in a globalised world.

    Every year for the past 20, more people have been arriving in the UK than leaving. The reasons for those movements are complex and have regularly changed.

    The key factors were once students or those seeking refuge.

    Today it is about work - and the attraction of the open British economy where businesses can recruit from a continental marketplace.

    Ministers have restricted immigration from outside the EU - but they have no power to stop the freedom of movement for work inside the club.

    And so, as the British economy grows faster than other parts of Europe, workers will continue to arrive - and the net migration target moves further and further out of reach.

    There was an increase in people migrating for work, to 228,000, while 177,000 arrivals were students.

    Long-term emigration was "relatively stable", the ONS said.

    Immigration and security minister James Brokenshire said hitting the immigration target would be "challenging" because of the increase in migration from inside the EU.

    Ministers have no powers to stop the free movement of European workers.

    'Effectively impossible'
    Mr Brokenshire added: "Uncontrolled, mass immigration makes it difficult to maintain social cohesion, puts pressure on public services and forces down wages. That's why our focus remains on controlling migration at sustainable levels."

    He said the government had cut net migration since the previous administration and was "creating a system that is fair to British citizens and legitimate migrants but is tough on those who flout the rules".

    But the Oxford Migration Observatory said the latest figures made it "effectively impossible for the government to achieve its target by the end of this Parliament without radical measures".

    At the same time as the immigration statistics were released the ONS published figures showing 12.4% of the UK's "usual population" in 2013 were born abroad - an increase from 8.9% in 2004.

    There was also an increase in the number who had non-British nationality, from 5% to 7.8%.

    The ONS also said that 26.5% of births in 2013 were to mothers who were themselves born outside the UK, a slight increase on the previous year.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    that's alright after September we are going to point them North to the land of Milk & Bucky.

    Note that none EU migration (the part he can actually control) is on its way down dramatically.
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #3
      Originally posted by vetran View Post
      that's alright after September we are going to point them North to the land of Milk & Bucky.

      Note that none EU migration (the part he can actually control) is on its way down dramatically.
      Perhaps Scotland is not part of the EU after September. What if this time next year you're looking for a Scottish visa to escape the cloud choking congestion brought about be increased immigration?

      Yes, I can see the Hong Kong of the north getting out of control if we don't get a grip from day one.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        David Cameron: net immigration will be capped at tens of thousands - Telegraph

        An annual cap on new arrivals would be announced, with a figure based on the number of people who left Britain to move overseas.
        Overall, net immigration would be kept in the “tens of thousands,” rather than the current rate of “hundreds of thousands”.
        Thanks a bunch Mr Cameron!

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          #5
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          Perhaps Scotland is not part of the EU after September. What if this time next year you're looking for a Scottish visa to escape the cloud choking congestion brought about be increased immigration?

          Yes, I can see the Hong Kong of the north getting out of control if we don't get a grip from day one.
          I'm sort of hoping you do get EU membership & negotiate decent immigration controls, it will set the tone for the UK.

          Will they take fat drunken IT contractors?
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            An independent Scotland will have a migration target of 24k.

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              #7
              Originally posted by vetran View Post
              Will they take fat drunken IT contractors?
              We already do
              Last edited by Batcher; 28 August 2014, 13:30.

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                #8
                Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                An independent Scotland will have a migration target of 24k.
                Many in UKIP / English folks would spontaneously combust with excitement at the thought of such a statistic.
                "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                  An independent Scotland will have a migration target of 24k.
                  That's proportionately higher than it is at the moment

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                    Many in UKIP / English folks would spontaneously combust with excitement at the thought of such a statistic.
                    I don't think they would, it is inline with the current UK net migration.

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