Immigration is a good thing...

[Joe Black.]

I thought Oz has similar problems...or were the riots on the beaches about something else?

Actually yeah Sydney has a big Lebanese population that cause probs. I live in Perth so it's cool.

[wendigo100]

By 2050 there will be 100 people of retirement age for every 65 people of working age. *

* Assorted sources including discussion on BBC radio 4 this morning concerning making IVF treatments free to boost the population.

Actually it is 35 people of retirement age for every 65 of working age.

[sasguru]

PS. I'm getting out soon so it's not really a problem.

Bloody immigrant!

[Troll]

Actually yeah Sydney has a big Lebanese population that cause probs. I live in Perth so it's cool.

What, Perth has a more temperate climate?

[Joe Black.]

What, Perth has a more temperate climate?

[Fungus]

Europes population is in decline. *

Birthrates are falling and the population is aging rapidly. *

21 of the 28 countries in the world with the fastest declining populations are in Europe and Britain is one of them. *

By
Discuss.

<grabs tin hat and runs for cover>
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It would help if they got their facts right, and up to date. It used to be true that net immigration was small, and due to declining birth rate the UK population would remain static or shrink.

However, for the last few years net migration has been running at about 150K per year , largely due to Eastern Europeans. Estimates are that the UK population will rise to about 70 million from the current 60 million in the next 10 or 20 years (I forget the exact figure).

And don't forget that the Eastern Europeans are largely Catholics, and that traditionally poorer Catholics had huge families. (Look at Ireland and Quebec 50 years ago.)

PS: 'Bye', not 'by'.

[Fleetwood]

9 months and counting

Did it 16 years ago...