IMMIGRATION VS STATISTICS The video below portrays a political rap, in favour of and on behalf of migrants to this country, ostensibly England. The rapper has a degree in economics, which implies that all must be rosy in the garden of her logic. This is an argument I am reluctant to enter, because I am neither a bigot nor a racist. But, in counter argument to what is clearly just an ill informed rant against the so called bigots and racists of my country, I present for anyones edification, a few real facts about the current situation on migration to our country. These facts come from Migration Watch UK, a government run organisation. And, if you cut through the sanitised data and get to the sourced data, reality digs in. Oh, and as a man with a PhD in the sciences, Im pretty solid determining what is and what sourced research isn’t. Either way you cut it, the following collection of data and projected forecasts, showing the impact of immigration to this country show a level of impact unprecedented in the history of our country. I get just a little pissed off at all the bleeding heart liberalists in this country, who so readily condemn the peoples of this country, for expressing what is a natural trepidation of an uncertain future. An uncertainty, made all the worse by successive governments failing to act in the best interests of the people that put them in office. So, if youre going to call someone a racist or bigot or ignorant, by proxy at least have the decency to check your facts. And one last thing, I dont see many of the new naturalised immigrants putting on a uniform to defend their new home! MAKE OF THE FOLLOWING WHAT YOU WILL 1. Projected Population Growth Projected Population Growth by Country (Millions) 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 2037 England 53.5 55.4 57.3 59.1 60.7 62.2 Wales 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 Scotland 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Northern Ireland 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 United Kingdom 63.7 65.8 68.0 70.0 71.7 73.3 The UK population will reach 70 million in 2027 on current assumptions and 80 million in 2063. Only net migration of 40,000 or less will keep the population below 70 million. 2. Population Density Bangladesh 1,033 people per square kilometre Taiwan 639 South Korea 484 Lebanon 406 Rwanda 403 England 401 Netherlands 400 UK 255 Germany 231 France 114 Spain 91 The population density level of England is projected to be 461 persons per square kilometre in 2031. 3. Births to foreign parents In 2012, a quarter (25.9%) of all births in England and Wales were to mothers born outside the United Kingdom. In London this figure was 57.4%. In the London Boroughs of Newham, Brent, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea over 70% of births are to mothers born outside the UK. A Parliamentary answer revealed that in 2011, 64.9% of all births in London were to couples where one or both were born outside the UK. 4. Foreign born population of the UK UK Population born overseas: 1991 5.8% 2012 14.1% or 7.6 million people 5. Latest Immigration Statistics (Year Ending December 2012) Total British EU15 A8 Non-EU Inflow 497,000 81,000 84,000 58,000 260,000 Outflow 321,000 144,000 40,000 29,000 104,000 Net 176,000 -63,000 44,000 29,000 157,000 Total net migration was 48,000 in 1997 In the year ending December 2012, net migration from the EU was 82,000, or 34% of total non-British net migration (47% of total net migration) 1997-2011 Non-British Net Migration 3.7 million 1997-2011 British Net Migration -1 million 1997 – 2011 EU Net Migration 0.8 million, or 29% of total net migration 6. Jobs Since 2000, employment of non-UK born workers aged 16 and over has increased by 2.2 million to over 4.3 million. Yet in this same period, employment of UK born workers has increased by just 574,000 However, the situation may be improving. Between Quarter 3 2012 and Quarter 3 2013, UK nationals accounted for 68% of the increase in employment, suggesting that measures to reduce net migration are having a positive effect for UK workers in the labour market. Vacancies remained largely unchanged at about 650,000 from June 2001 to September 2008 at which point the economic crisis saw vacancies fall sharply. They remained unchanged at around 450,000-500,000 between late 2009 and January 2012. They have since increased to almost 550,000. There are currently 1.4 million EU workers in Britain, 707,000 of whom come from the A8 countries of East Europe. The number of British workers in the EU was estimated in 2011 to be 407,000. Only a third of the 4.3 million non-UK born workers were born in the EU, most are originally from outside the EU. In 2012, 145,138 work permits were issued, (plus a further 11,713 dependants who also acquire the right to work upon arrival). This includes almost 30,000 Intra Company Transfers and 15,500 domestic workers. There were a further 141,000 in country extensions of stay (extensions of work visas or switching) excluding dependants. 7. Housing Government household projections show that England will need to build 232,000 households per year or 5.8 million homes between 2008 and 2033. Two million or 36% of this projected household requirement will be as a result of immigration. This means that the housing demand caused by immigration can only be satisfied by building over 200 extra homes every day, or one every seven minutes for the 25 year period. 8. Education In 2013 the National Audit Office revealed that 240,000 additional primary school places are still needed by 2014/15, 90,000 of which will be required in London. In 2009, it was revealed that there were 10 schools where no pupils speak English as a first language. Figures for 2010 show that in Inner London, 55% of all primary school pupils do not speak English as a first language. In Outer London, this figure is 39%. Across the UK, one in six primary school children did not speak English as a first language. 9. Public Opinion (For a full analysis see: migrationwatchuk.org/briefingPaper/document/249) 71% believe that there are too many immigrants in the UK, Ipsos Global Advisor Poll, August 2011. 94% agreed that Britain is ‘full up’. BBC One Sunday Morning Live Poll, November 2011. 78% support the government’s aim to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, including 70% of those who voted Liberal Democrat in the 2010 General Election, YouGov for The Sunday Times, January 2012 References: Source: ONS, National Population Projections, 2012-based Statistical Bulletin, URL:ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_334975.pdf Source: United National Population Division. Mr James Clappison, Parliamentary Question 10595, 26 July 2010, Column 745W-746W, URL:publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100726/text/100726w0006.htm#10072716000589 Source: ONS, Births in England and Wales by parents’ country of birth, 2012, URL:ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/parents--country-of-birth--england-and-wales/2012/rtd-parents-country-of-birth-tables.xls Nicholas Soames, Parliamentary Question 150601, 15 April 2013, URL:publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130415/text/130415w0007.htm#130415w0007.htm_spnew39 Source: ONS, Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom by country of birth, January 2012 – December 2012, Table 1.1, URL: ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/population-by-country-of-birth-and-nationality/2012/population-by-country-of-birth-and-nationality-tables-january-2012-to-december-2012.xls Source: ONS Long Term International Migration, 2 Series, Table 2.01a LTIM Citizenship 1991-2011. URL: ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2011/2-01a-ltim-citizenship--1991-2011.xls Source: ONS, Employment Levels by country of birth and nationality, Updated November 2013, URL:ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/november-2013/table-emp06.xls, ONS, Vacancies and Unemployment, Updated November 2013, URL:ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/november-2013/table-vacs01.xls, Migration Watch UK, The British in Europe, URL: migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/4.21, Home Office Statistics, Table wk.01, Out of country visas to the United Kingdom and in country extensions of stay by work categories, 2012, URL:homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-tabs-q4-2012/work-q4-2012-tabs?view=Binary . Source: DCLG, Household Projections, 2008-2033, England, URL:https://gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6395/1780763.pdf . Sources: National Audit Office, Capital Funding for New School Places, March 2013, URL:media.nao.org.uk/uploads/2013/03/10089-001_Capital-funding-for-new-school-places.pdf. Migration Watch UK Briefing Paper 2.7, Changing Primary Schools in England 1998-2010, URL:migrationwatch.co.uk/briefingPaper/document/210, The Telegraph, ‘Ten Primary Schools in England with 100 percent of pupils who do not speak English as a first language’, 27 January 2009, URL: telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4361828/Ten-primary-schools-in-England-with-100-per-cent-of-pupils-who-do-not-speak-English-as-a-first-language.html
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