Immigation does keep Britons out of jobs, government committee admits

[Dedworth]

I'm speechless the penny is finally starting to drop

Immigation does keep Britons out of jobs, government committee admits

Immigration meant 160,000 British workers missed out on jobs in the last five years, the Government’s migration expert revealed.

A Briton is “displaced” from the labour market for every four extra migrants from outside the EU that arrive in the UK, the Migration Advisory Committee (Mac) concluded.

The report is the first official examination of the impact of immigration and showed it has kept resident workers out of jobs.

Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Mac, also criticised the use of GDP for measuring the effects of the influx of foreign nationals as “pro-immigration” because more migrants will logically expand the economy.

The findings are in contrast to a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) which claimed the number of immigrants coming to the UK had little or no impact on the number of unemployed.

However, the impact and displacement of British workers also does not last forever, the Mac report found.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ee-admits.html

Figures obviously dumbed down - add an extra zero to the 160k, this report only covers outside EU immigration conveniently ignores the hordes from Eastern Europe

[Terpe]

....Figures obviously dumbed down - add an extra zero to the 160k, this report only covers outside EU immigration conveniently ignores the hordes from Eastern Europe

This aspect is a disgrace and an even bigger impact on UK employment and the welfare system. imo

[Dedworth]

This aspect is a disgrace and an even bigger impact on UK employment and the welfare system. imo

Interesting article

A coincidence? Youth unemployment rises 450,000 in the time it takes 600,000 migrant workers to flock to the UK


Migrant workers from the EU are keeping young Britons out of jobs, new figures suggest.

Campaign group Migration Watch UK said statistics released today show the number of migrants working in the UK who were born in Eastern Europe rose by 600,000 since the so-called A8 countries joined the EU in May 2004 while youth unemployment rose by almost 450,000 in the same period.

Sir Andrew Green, the campaign group's chairman, said it would be 'a very remarkable coincidence if there was no link at all between them'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1jB0o87FV

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Migrants from the A8 countries - Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - 'have tended to be disproportionately young, well-educated, prepared to work for low wages and imbued with a strong work ethic', he said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1jGxCj8LT


true,..sometimes I think I am in a different country ... a lot of my workmates are from the A8 countries...they are quite happy and prepared to have more work hours even for low wage , just like the immigrants from outside EU , why not?? this country is multi cultural friendly