Strong & Stable immigration

[darmstadt]

I suspect you would need to ask the ex-Home Secretary about why that is

[BlasterBates]

its the speed not the total number

There are about 7 million immigrants living in the UK and 5 million UK emigrants living overseas. If the government had a policy of 0 net migration there would still be 8% foreigners living in the UK.

Is the argument therefore that the UK shuts down emigration and immigration to keep the foreign proportion of the population constant ?

[sasguru]

7.8% of the UK population lives abroad, that was in 2014 so it is probably more like 9%.

https://www.statslife.org.uk/social-...le-s-countries

So wouldn't we expect there to be an equivalent proportion of foreigners living in Britain, or am I missing something

Not neccessarily. Why should immigrants=emigrants?

[vetran]

7.8% of the UK population lives abroad, that was in 2014 so it is probably more like 9%.

https://www.statslife.org.uk/social-...le-s-countries

So wouldn't we expect there to be an equivalent proportion of foreigners living in Britain, or am I missing something

its the speed not the total number

[BlasterBates]

7.8% of the UK population lives abroad, that was in 2014 so it is probably more like 9%.

https://www.statslife.org.uk/social-...le-s-countries

So wouldn't we expect there to be an equivalent proportion of foreigners living in Britain, or am I missing something

[scooterscot]

What the report fails to mention is how that number is propped up by the indigenous raw talent that has already left these shores.

[sasguru]

Keeps the country competitive when there are too many native cretins like you.

[vetran]

OECD: Nearly 10% living in the UK were foreign citizens | Daily Mail Online

The number of foreign citizens living in the UK surges from one in 20 to almost one in 10 in just a DECADE, claims report
OECD study on international migration looked at the number of foreign citizens
It found the number of foreign British citizens rose by 6.4% to 5.95million
The data reveals that 9.2% of the British population are now born overseas