Recent immigration has been "..the largest single wave of in-migration that the British Isles have ever experienced":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5411384.stm
I laughed when they suggested water shortages in the South East where down to 'lack of rain'.
MIGRATION SINCE 2004
Accession countries: 427,000 (about 600,000 including self-employed)
Dependants: 36,000
Non-EU settlement: 318,330
Granted asylum: 123,000
Non-EU work permits: 261,235, plus 87,000 dependants
Total: 1,425,565
Source: Home Office
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5411384.stm
I laughed when they suggested water shortages in the South East where down to 'lack of rain'.
MIGRATION SINCE 2004
Accession countries: 427,000 (about 600,000 including self-employed)
Dependants: 36,000
Non-EU settlement: 318,330
Granted asylum: 123,000
Non-EU work permits: 261,235, plus 87,000 dependants
Total: 1,425,565
Source: Home Office
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