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Old 25-02-2017, 09:19 AM #1
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Default Net migration to UK falls sharply after Brexit vote


Well done Brexit

Net migration to Britain fell by 49,000 to 273,000 last year, according to official figures that include the three months after the Brexit vote.

The latest quarterly migration figures from the Office for National Statistics show that immigration fell by 23,000 to 596,000 in the 12 months to last September while emigration rose by 26,000 to 323,000.

The fall in annual net immigration to below 300,000 is the first substantial drop in the politically sensitive figure for more than four years and will come as a relief to Theresa May, who has recently renewed her target to get it below 100,000.


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Record numbers arriving from Bulgaria and Romania, though. I don't think I've said this before... but Nigel Farage was right on the money about that one.
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Well done Brexit

Net migration to Britain fell by 49,000 to 273,000 last year, according to official figures that include the three months after the Brexit vote.

The latest quarterly migration figures from the Office for National Statistics show that immigration fell by 23,000 to 596,000 in the 12 months to last September while emigration rose by 26,000 to 323,000.

The fall in annual net immigration to below 300,000 is the first substantial drop in the politically sensitive figure for more than four years and will come as a relief to Theresa May, who has recently renewed her target to get it below 100,000.


https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...er-brexit-vote
Welcome news for many. Personally I believe we should set up a strict points system like Australia , it clearly works well for them and is the best way to go to protect Britsh interests.
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You realise that as this is not down to any sort of legislation but rather is down to choice, right? That means that the reduction in people coming is due to no longer feeling welcome in Britain. So it's not the refugees and unskilled labour who have stopped coming. It's the people who have a choice on where they want to go. The professionals and skilled individuals. The people who we not only WANT to be attracting to the UK... But who are essential. Well done Brexit. Clappy clappy clap1. You've successfully made Britain unattractive to skilled migrants and they're going elsewhere.

This is only good news for people who simply "don't like foreigners", because the drop almost certainly represents migrants who would be overall net contributers to the UK economy.
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You realise that as this is not down to any sort of legislation but rather is down to choice, right? That means that the reduction in people coming is due to no longer feeling welcome in Britain. So it's not the refugees and unskilled labour who have stopped coming. It's the people who have a choice on where they want to go. The professionals and skilled individuals. The people who we not only WANT to be attracting to the UK... But who are essential. Well done Brexit. Clappy clappy clap1. You've successfully made Britain unattractive to skilled migrants and they're going elsewhere.

This is only good news for people who simply "don't like foreigners", because the drop almost certainly represents migrants who would be overall net contributers to the UK economy.
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You realise that as this is not down to any sort of legislation but rather is down to choice, right? That means that the reduction in people coming is due to no longer feeling welcome in Britain. So it's not the refugees and unskilled labour who have stopped coming. It's the people who have a choice on where they want to go. The professionals and skilled individuals. The people who we not only WANT to be attracting to the UK... But who are essential. Well done Brexit. Clappy clappy clap1. You've successfully made Britain unattractive to skilled migrants and they're going elsewhere.

This is only good news for people who simply "don't like foreigners", because the drop almost certainly represents migrants who would be overall net contributers to the UK economy.
Supposition.
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I thought brexit wasn't about immigration anyway... :/
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Well done Brexit

Net migration to Britain fell by 49,000 to 273,000 last year, according to official figures that include the three months after the Brexit vote.

The latest quarterly migration figures from the Office for National Statistics show that immigration fell by 23,000 to 596,000 in the 12 months to last September while emigration rose by 26,000 to 323,000.

The fall in annual net immigration to below 300,000 is the first substantial drop in the politically sensitive figure for more than four years and will come as a relief to Theresa May, who has recently renewed her target to get it below 100,000.


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Welcome news for many. Personally I believe we should set up a strict points system like Australia , it clearly works well for them and is the best way to go to protect Britsh interests.
An unpopular opinion with many, but the UK is more forward thinking than the Australian Government, the day we start copying them is the day where some of our freedoms will be gone as they ban anything even remotely controversial.
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Supposition.
Hypothesis. And an extremely likely one.

If you were a foreign professional, and had the choice of working anywhere in the world, would YOU move your family to the UK in 2016/17?
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An unpopular opinion with many, but the UK is more forward thinking than the Australian Government, the day we start copying them is the day where some of our freedoms will be gone as they ban anything even remotely controversial.
True, most Australian gamers import any 15+ rated games from other countries, because the Aussie copies usually have loads of the content censored. And for PC games you often get unofficial patches for Australian players to restore cut content.
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Hypothesis. And an extremely likely one.

If you were a foreign professional, and had the choice of working anywhere in the world, would YOU move your family to the UK in 2016/17?
I'd choose Australia.
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True, most Australian gamers import any 15+ rated games from other countries, because the Aussie copies usually have loads of the content censored. And for PC games you often get unofficial patches for Australian players to restore cut content.
Exactly, and it was Australia that actually banned Mortal Kombat.
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Record numbers arriving from Bulgaria and Romania, though. I don't think I've said this before... but Nigel Farage was right on the money about that one.

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Hypothesis. And an extremely likely one.

If you were a foreign professional, and had the choice of working anywhere in the world, would YOU move your family to the UK in 2016/17?

No I would do the Contract
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I'd choose Australia.
Precisely lol. Skilled immigrants do not want the UK.
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Might have more to do with the new benefit rules..just saying.
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the beauty of brexit is we can choose who we allow to live in our country....net migration may not fall drastically, but illegal immigration will and we will be able to decide who we need and who needs our help the most....as it stands we are restricted how many doctors and nurses we can get outside the EU nations, thats insane
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Might have more to do with the new benefit rules..just saying.
of course thats a huge factor
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personally i'm trying to get to hong kong

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Obviously...people moving here (professionals especially) are unsure about if they could even stay to work. I wouldn't move my family somewhere where it was uncertain if my job would even be remaining in a year or so...
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It's not surprising, skilled migrants that have a choice won't choose the UK over more welcoming countries.
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Might have more to do with the new benefit rules..just saying.
The rules since the start of 2016 is that a jobseeking migrant can only claim for a very short period of time and they need offer up proof of a job offer by the end of that period otherwise they'll lose their benefits and their right to stay in the country.

I doubt benefits has anything to do with why immigration is down otherwise it would have taken a hit before now.
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Its out Governments aim to get this number right down and that is what the majority of the UK wants , hence why we voted in the Conservatives

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