Posted on 08/28/2014 3:43:08 AM PDT by markomalley
The Government's attempts to slash net migration to the tens of thousands have been dealt another blow as official figures revealed another jump in arrivals to the UK.
Overall net migration - the difference between migrants leaving and arriving in the UK - rose to 243,000 in the year to March, a "statistically significant increase" from 175,000 the previous year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
A surge in immigration from within the European Union (EU) was behind the increase as two-thirds of all immigrants to the UK in the period - 214,000 out of 560,000 - came from within the EU.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May previously announced a goal to cut net migration to below 100,000 by the general election on May 7 next year.
As immigration increased 13% from 492,000 in the previous year to 560,000, the number of people leaving the UK remained stable at 316,000, the ONS said.
Arrivals from within the EU increased by 44,000, or 25%, to 214,000 in the period, from 170,000 in the previous year.
Statisticians flagged another "statistically significant increase" in the number of Romanians and Bulgarians arriving in the UK, with immigration from the two Eastern European countries more than doubling to 28,000 in the year to March, from 12,000 in the previous year.
Restrictions to the labour market were lifted for Romanians and Bulgarians on January 1, prompting warnings of a looming surge of immigration from the two countries.
A near three-year decline in the number of citizens from outside the EU immigrating to the UK appears to have ended, statisticians said.
The latest estimates for the year ending March show 265,000 non-EU citizens arrived in the UK, up from 246,000 in the previous year.
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What percentage of those are Jihadis?
Watch your wallets!
Brits - Migration
muslims - INVASION
What’s the birthrate in the UK, what percentage of those are from multi-generation UK families, and projecting forward, what is the implication of these figures for the future demographics of the UK?
I’d be moving to Scotland.
Great headlines. Can only help UKIP in next election.
The U.S. Gets that many illegals before lunch time on any given day.
Just been to London
Can hardly even walk on the streets due to the crowds and if you need help, good luck finding anyone who speaks English
Coming for the free stuff!
Buh bye, UK! Been fun watchin ya kill yourself! Now if we can just prevent our own suicide!
I’m no demographer, but I’m told that it’s usually accepted among professional demographers that when a large immigrant group arrives in a host country with a significantly different birth rate, the birth rate of the immigrants normalises with that of the hosts in a remarkably short time - a couple of generations or so. And that the explanation usually given is that of the various factors affecting birth rate the most significant, at least in developed countries, are economic: and however much an immigrant group may try to remain culturally distinct, it can’t escape the economic context of the host country.
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