| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Families forced out of London | |
| Posted by: | Janis Humberstone | |
| Date/Time: | 02/05/15 09:15:00 |
| The extract below from an article contains information about net migration. It contained a graph which I could not copy here although it showed the statistics up to September 2014 "Net migration is the difference between the number of people who come to live in the UK for at least a year and the number who are leaving for at least a year It peaked at 320,000 in the year to June 2005. At the time of the 2010 election it was 252,000." Migration graph to Sept 2014 - [note: unfortunately this cannot be copied here but the commentary below refers to it] "The big increase in the latest set of figures was driven by a "statistically significant" rise in immigrants arriving in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics. Immigration was up to 624,000 in the year to September from 530,000 in the previous 12 months. About 327,000 people emigrated from the UK in the same period. The increase was driven by a rise in the number of people coming to the UK for work, with experts suggesting the growing strength of the UK economy and job creation had drawn people in. Oxford University's Migration Observatory's director Madeleine Sumption said: "If the UK's economic performance compared to the rest of the EU had been poor, then we might well have seen net migration fall, but that has not happened." Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, whose party opposed the net migration target, said the figures were "very embarrassing for the Conservatives"." |