Net migration to the UK has fallen

[DimPrawn]

UK net migration falls to 244,000 - BBC News

Net migration to the UK is estimated to have fallen by 29,000 to 244,000 in the year to last September, figures show.

Only 244,000 extra people arrived needing housing, medical car, benefits and their children educated per year.

[SunnyInHades]

UK net migration falls to 244,000 - BBC News



Only 244,000 extra people arrived needing housing, medical car, benefits and their children educated per year.

Phew, that's a relief.

Only the population size of Swindon this year .. Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice !
Such an improvement .. slaps on the back all round .. a couple of years back we were getting the size of Manchester each year.

[OwlHoot]

UK net migration falls to 244,000 - BBC News

Only 244,000 extra people arrived needing housing, medical car, benefits and their children educated per year.

Actually it was probably more like 1,244,000 Third World refugees arriving, and 1,000,000 educated, skilled Brits leaving.

[darmstadt]

UK net migration falls to 244,000 - BBC News



Only 244,000 extra people arrived to boost the economy, provide much needed labour that the indigenous folk won't do and generally just help the UK

FTFY

[filthy1980]

FTFY

wow so 223k new jobs were created?

[sal]

wow so 223k new jobs were created?

UK working population is roughly 50%, so if the same ration is applied to the net migration you will need only 122k jobs, not 223k

According to ONS July-Sep 2017 brought an increase of 88k jobs in one quarter, so yeah, IS it so hard to believe that there are extra jobs for these immigrants?

Or are people thick enough to believe the propaganda that immigrants are coming here to benefit scrounge and nothing else...

[NotAllThere]

UK net migration falls to 244,000 - BBC News



Only 244,000 extra people arrived needing housing, medical car, benefits and their children educated per year.

Yes, because every single one of those 244,000 immigrant gets social housing, medical cars and benefits. Not one of them ever makes a net contribution to the economy, nor pays more in taxes than they cost the state.

Actually it was probably more like 1,244,000 Third World refugees arriving, and 1,000,000 educated, skilled Brits leaving.

90,000 of the new arrivals were from the EU, that's down 75,000.

The ONS statistics show that net migration from countries outside the EU rose by 40,000 to 205,000, driven largely by a rise in those coming from Asia.

Since 2015, just under 11,000 refugees have been resettled in the UK. There's about 120,000 asylum seekers/refugees in total.

[minestrone]

The vast majority cost more than they return to the country.

[WTFH]

The vast majority cost more than they return to the country.

Same could be said for the over 65s

[NotAllThere]

The vast majority cost more than they return to the country.

Maybe overall there's a cost, but that doesn't mean all do, not that the vast majority do, or even that the majority do. I reckon it's just 2 - Erikur and MF.

Same could be said for the over 65s

Oh grief, don't get PG whining about boomers again!