Migration rise: What do the numbers tell us?

[@jmmypaddy]

So Brexit has increased migration to the UK? Didn't see that on a bus. It's almost like Brexit was a load of bollocks to begin with.

[@mycatspethooman5590]

Given that over migration is a problem in most European countries I fail to see the reference to bexit.

[@100voo]

I think the reference is, that when brexit went through, migration went up @@mycatspethooman5590

[@Captn_Slow]

Anyone with a brain will understand those vacancies left by EU workers will have to be filled and they most likely won't be filled by British people, otherwise those jobs wouldn't have gone to EU workers in the first place. So it's the question of EU or Non-EU workers, or a massively shrinking labour market/business/economy.

[@antmanandthecod6073]

@@Captn_Slowhmmmm Eu workers with a similar culture or none eu workers with extreme religious ideology. Still stands the point if we need workers from other countries what was the point of Brexit? Your the one with no brain because it’s not just eu vs none eu now we have lost access to the single market but with record immigration

[@Razmatazuk]

Powers that be didn't want Brexit. It hasn't been enacted other than in name

[@blazzz13]

And people say Blair was open orders. The Tories have smashed Blair's record twice over, and now with these new figures they are on course to smash it 3 times over by end of next year.

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

It’s literally Blair’s laws that are stopping mass deportation. Also his war on Iraq and ‘wEaPoNs Of mAsS dEsTrUcTiOn’ destabilising the entire Middle East, the migrants being the fruition of that action all those years ago, then yes, we can all despise Blair and Labour, rightly for being the root cause of most of this.

[@harrywaters7718]

It’s because the Tories have even more rich business friends who want CHEAP LABOUR.

[@paulsmusic2908]

@@harrywaters7718 How many do they need ffs? There aint that many jobs and never will be!

[@judyhopps9380]

Tory Labour? It's all WEF stooges

[@CJones-99]

Papa Klaus and the WEF will be happy.

[@carolinethomas6562]

Overseas students come here, often for several years and then return to their homes. They keep UK universities functioning as they pay double the fees of UK students. Not only this, they bring large amounts of money into other sectors: by renting, by buying food, and then very often, as they tend to be well-off, doing a lot of shopping. When they return home, after benefitting our economy and education sector, they spread positive ideas about British society and education. Why are they included in the migration figures? This raises the number significantly and spreads fear and divisiveness.

[@FruitOfEden]

FINALLY A GOOD TAKE!

[@SashedPotato]

That is very true. Some students may choose to stay, but the news should just include this as a category as the vast majority of students return home

[@bettyswunghole3310]

Nope. Many come here ostensibly to "study", immediately drop out of whatever course they were enrolled on and vanish into the ghettos, never to be seen again.

[@SashedPotato]

@@bettyswunghole3310 "many" sure. Of course this is possible, but by zero means a commonality. Simply put, there are far far easier ways to get into the UK illegally, than through the university system

[@bettyswunghole3310]

@@SashedPotato This is exactly the point: coming in under the guise of "being a student" is "semi-legal", and much less likely to warrant investigation and deportation.

[@DebyColes]

See the huge difference in the UK citizens numbers? Before, we were all free to travel, live, study, work, retire in the EU. And many of us took advantage of those opportunities. Now freedom of movement has ended, its OUR freedom of movement that ended. We can no longer retire to Spain, France etc, so we've lost those fantastic options. And what did it give us in return? Well it really doesn't look like we are controlling our borders does it. I actually have no beef with people coming here to better themselves, study, take up work opportunities - I am just so annoyed that I lost the opportunity to travel to other countries to do that myself because of all the lies we were told.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Fewer British retirees in EU nations = an actual Brexit benefit... For those EU nations

[@MarcOnell1205]

Not only that, the people who voted for Brexit has no clue whatsoever about what Brexit actually brings to them, for 2023 there’s loads of street interviews to people who voted for Brexit, and they just said they voted because everyone else did, followed by “it didn’t change much for my life”, only leaving the ones that are affected from the consequences suffering from Brexit 😢

[@OhYeah32]

@@MarcOnell1205 idiotic reply. The remainers are in charge of Brexit. It didn’t cause the two Wars. It didn’t cause Liz Truss to crash the economy. It didn’t cause the pandemic. It didn’t cause the Tory Austerity cuts. It didn’t cause the rise in Woke Marxist ideology. It didn’t cause the axis of evil to challenge the west. Wake up

[@trevorstanding6462]

The numbers tell us that when freedom of movement stopped from the EU workers from other parts of the world took up the slack.

[@MrJovialves]

Underrated Comment.

[@themoose8]

It does indeed, however there's a 3 times increase in overall migration.

[@timothytusubira9904]

The problem eu workers weren't filling the shortage jobs.. but rather competing with native British for the same jobs.. it's only the non- EU who can fill jobs shortage

[@GK-qc5ry]

Not sure how he can say illegal migration comes to 50000, maybe they can record some of them but not all.

[@GK-qc5ry]

@@mjsferrier it's not about my count. The govt counts the illegal total if they were present at the time, but they should acknowledge there's a whole lot more occurring where people are smuggled without them being present.

[@Booyabeeba]

The real divide in the world today is not political, not right vs left. It’s between people who need to see and understand the data before offering an opinion, and those who appropriate and regurgitate the pre-packaged opinions of others with absolute certainty despite knowing very little.

[@SimonNoina]

Agreed - so, tell us what your qualification is for such lofty and learned words of perceived wisdom?

[@GK-qc5ry]

Amazing that with so many extra people in the economy over the last few years economic growth is still flatlining

[@mikefish8226]

That's because they take more in benefits and services than they pay in taxes. Immigrants to the UK are particularly unskilled. This is why we have the highest tax in 70 years and a massive deficits plus stagnant GDP per capita. If any of the positives that the left claim for immigration were true we'd be an economic superpower by now, instead the country is failing economically and culturally.

[@djoldschool]

I would seriously question your claims ‘take more in benefits’ vs economic production increases of migrants but one thing that cannot be disputed is the utter mismanagement of the country and immigration by this lousy government. We left the EU which simply stopped European workers from working here temporarily or permanently and ‘swapped’ our requirement for labour import to those outside of the EU, particularly in health services, hospitality and healthcare. There was also a provision under the EU agreement to return migrants to the first country of entry and this is no longer available under Brexit. In addition, our lack of training and developing skills for workers has meant lowest production levels in Europe and a continuing need for importing labour. Beating up on people in boats is simply a way of distracting the population from all our other structural problems created by this short-sighted, incompetent government.

[@thetntsheep4075]

The refugees have to wait for their asylum applications to be approved before they are allowed to work. Instead the government spends money on housing them (often in hotels), and sending them payments for essentials. The approval can take over a year, or longer.

[@SirHargreeves]

@@djoldschoolIt has been proven that non-EU migrants are a net negative to the Treasury. Ironically EU migrants are net contributors, and we have less of them coming in now.

[@RitwickChatterjee14]

​@@mikefish8226 Infact immigrants are giving more back to the economy than taking up the benefits. Fact check. Skilled immigrants which is very significant are paying equal taxes and contributing equal NI but they do not receive any Public Funding no Pension benefits and other such benefits. Unskilled workers are anyways not earning upto what British tax system qualifies for them to pay taxes - neither they have similar benefits. The reason for higher immigration is because of poor political maturity, severe lack of geo-politics and policies, depleting treasury (because now they cannot loot any other country) --- appalling productivity of British people to put efforts in building the nation but rather to strike all year long and demanding "benefits" which the country cannot provide. Naturally, immigrants from other countries have to be brought in to do those jobs and keep this ailing nation afloat.

[@bentencho]

Lots of people from HK with BNO passports moving to the UK. They should be welcomed as they are against the CCP and appreciate British values.

[@fas609]

Yeah, chinese and hk government already tried to stop the outflow, basically huge braindrain and wealthdrain for hk, which benefits UK.

[@gohumberto]

Brexit certainly helped take control of our borders then. Someone needs to remind me of the Brexit benefits.

[@Razmatazuk]

Brexit never happened. They didn't and don't want it to

[@seanrm]

How does having a UK work visa translate into becoming a migrant, i.e. someone who then has a permanent right to remain? It would be useful to know how many of the 754,000 are, in fact, permanent migrants. Japan does a similar thing as the UK with nurses & care workers from The Philippines. But they are all on very strict work visas and are required to return home when their visas expire.

[@loading418]

modern slavery

[@garrybye4415]

The students are on temporary work visas but most workers are on permanent visas and are going in to health and social care. Part of the issue is that we’re deliberately bringing all of these people in but not building any extra houses or infrastructure

[@aliasgharkhoyee9501]

This is the net migration number. People who leave/overstay/extend after their visa expires each year are accounted for. This is in effect a lagging indicator.

[@oscarmachado9607]

Most people will come to the UK on a 5 year Visa. Once they stayed 5 years they will apply for residence and then citizenship. They are never going back

[@Captn_Slow]

People from HK will be permanent if they apply for that 5 years visa and live that 5 years continuously in the UK. Refugee from Ukraine are permanent as well. Working visas have different categories, temporary worker doesn’t lead to settlement so they don’t stay for long. Skilled worker visa is a settlement route and it takes 5 years working in the UK with skilled worker visa to obtain permanent residency. Student are not permanent, as student visa doesn’t lead to settlement and only a small portion of students after graduation can get skilled worker visa and stay in UK and go on to get PR.

[@tprice1735]

Would have been better off staying in the EU.

[@hjm9586]

Welcome to the Brexit, sir.

[@simonlewis720]

It was the eu that opened all the borders and made it simple to go across Europe unchallenged

[@hjm9586]

Haha looks like your still going through the 7 stages of grief. Still stuck at denial @@simonlewis720 🤣🤣

[@phil2544]

​@@simonlewis720no, Brexit would allow us to control our borders. Worked well, didn't it?

[@judyhopps9380]

because immigration was going great before then....

[@michaelknight3270]

The numbers tell us that we're being screwed over and we can't do a thing about it

[@debsmith5520]

Some context on these figures Hansard June 16th 2022... "figures in the Royal College of Nursing labour survey, we turned away 26,000 British applicants from nursing courses-a far higher proportion than are turned away from almost any other area of training or qualifications"

[@alunevans380]

Yes, they don't want our own people for some reason.

[@jon-xd7tl]

Yes, increase the salary thresholds on those coming from abroad and train up more indigenous nurses. In my experiences with the NHS I have found it difficult to communicate with some doctors. We should not be subjecting people to this kind of nonsense.

[@danguee1]

@@snoopysnoops007 Yes: or get trained up here; move to Australia!

[@gandyo]

​@@alunevans380probably because they can't spell e.g. "are" instead of "our"

[@alunevans380]

@@gandyo Simple mistake, corrected now.

[@georgiosdrak]

I'm not entirely sure about the underlying agenda behind immigration policies in the UK. It seems to me that the reasons for requiring visas for EU citizens to work, study, and live here are unclear and complex for no reason!

[@janpetersen7440]

Number of immigrants is not that interesting. The interesting thing is whether the immigrants provide a positive vs. negative financial input to the treasury. Nobody tells anything about it. 🤔

[@CJones-99]

​@@snoopysnoops007you really think those dinghy boys have 'skills'? Most of them dont even speak english

[@Bungle-UK]

Negative, obviously. Living rent free in hotels for months on end is hardly positive.

[@janpetersen7440]

@@Bungle-UK Everyone knows that illegal migrants are an economic minus. I am thinking of legal migrants.

[@S-North]

3rd world mass immigration in any capacity is a known 'Net loss' I'm afraid.

[@reslllence]

@@Bungle-UK ah yes all those overseas students who pay £30k a year in uni fees and end up ...living in a hotel for free for months?

[@danielcraig4974]

Once again project fear becomes project fact, strange that. 🤪

[@valicourt]

Thank god many Brexit voters weren’t racist. Otherwise having open immigration from India and Pakistan would have been a real ironic outcome 😂

[@ifunanya24]

But Brexit voters on the whole were not racist. Brexit was to stop unlimited immigration for the EU (mainly white people). It was unfair for those outside of the EU (where most brown people live). Also the idea of unelected officials in Brussels telling the UK what to do and who to trade with, when to sit and when to stand up. Nah!! Brexit made sense. It’s just that it was sabotaged by Remain MPs within and leading the Conservative Party, eg; Theresa May, Rishi.

[@vincenzo00]

In fairness to the Hong Kong migrants, they had to meet entry requirements. Two main ones were a minimum amount of money in the bank and that they would be able to support themselves for the first five years ie NO financial aid from the government, not even free NHS treatment. So they had to apply and entered legally.

[@uk145]

They all get free NHS treatment from day one.

[@kaledhe23]

@@uk145no, they paid already once they come here

[@trackingstupidity1]

Britainistan is coming...good luck.

[@RagnarokUponYou]

The numbers tell us that this is unsustainable, it has been for a while but the government does not seem to have the will to address it despite being voted in multiple times on a pledge to reduce net-migration to 10s of thousands, not the many multiples of hundreds of thousands a year. We do not have the houses or infrastructure, we do not have limitless resources and space to accommodate and it hurts the poorest most in finding rent increases and wage stagnation, at a time when we have a severe crisis in living expenses thanks to inflation and mass money printing to pay for the covid hysteria lockdowns. Anyone could easily conclude that those in power hate the people and are doing this to erode the masses, dilute the demographic of the country, disempower and impoverish Britain.

[@ukwerna]

what the numbers tell me is that many brits are total idiots

[@adamlowe7618]

Ironic that Brexit has exacerbated the inward figures given the xenophobia around the referendum. "Anyone could easily conclude that those in power hate the people and are doing this to erode the masses, dilute the demographic of the country, disempower and impoverish Britain" - It's an economic model, it's not about "dilution". Also I'm not sure the economic impact of Covid could have been fully avoided.

[@trs4u]

"If British people already here tried harder" A wage packet that barely pays stupidly-out-of-control rent leaving a worker dependent on asking for handouts isn't as attractive to someone already in the UK - eg a British person - as it is to someone for whom coming here is a golden ticket compared to staying where they are. What's being offered to immigrant workers is far more attractive to them than it is to someone already here. Saying "locals could have that pay instead of the migrant if they weren't lazy" is at best woefully ignorant.

[@GaryV-p3h]

The numbers tell us we were far better off before Brexit, the numbers don't lie..... Unlike the Tories. #BetterBeforeBrexit

[@jon-xd7tl]

But this is not an argument for rejoining. It is an argument for changing the immigration policy, which we must do.

[@solduspython]

​@@jon-xd7tlso why leave the eu if was the soveregn nation of the uk problem

[@garrybye4415]

@@jon-xd7tlbut we want the money students bring in and we need the healthcare workers

[@reslllence]

whats the problem with overseas students? education is a huge export of the UK (c.£25b)

[@Leo-gt1bx]

The numbers tell us we did not get Brexit

[@anguschiu2]

I wonder, can study be a reason to stay indefinitely in UK? If it’s not, then why they mention “study” in UK net migration chart?

[@bettyswunghole3310]

Because they have no intention of "studying", perhaps...?

[@loading418]

Does not count. u can check www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-continuous-residence. Only 14 type of visa able to apply settlement if they pass the ielts english test, life in UK test, pay for the visa fee, pay for the settlement fee, pay for the IHS fee and pay for the BC fee. The number of immigration is really confusing, it just told u how many people enter the border and leave the border via the airport / sea. I think the real number is the application for settlement and british citizenship

[@Kwippy]

How vile and selfish are those foreign students coming to our country taking up places in our universities and paying tripple what our home students pay, buying our food and services with their foreign money and propping up the finances of our unis and communities?

[@SlowhandGreg]

​@@Kwippyleave it out its only 42 billion chump change to the Brexit Ultra's who've fked our economy up by around 1 trillion since 2016

[@serena-yu]

Because permanent residents are boring. They don't change much from year to year. The news people need something dramatic to catch attention.

[@pedromarques9267]

The Health & Care is pretty much slavery right now in the UK. A EU friend of mine left the UK as a doctor because they just want doctors and nurses to work for a couple of months and then get out so that they can hire more underpaid health personnel the following year.

[@RearViEwmirror-3]

People coming to work is good, especially for caring and health in an ageing population like the UK. They work, help the economy pay taxes. Ptoblem is the non working UK citizens and non working migrants. Both on benefits. If we can understand that and take steps to adress those issues, stuff will be fine

[@LaurenMartins]

They beat up our elderly when nobody is watching!

[@danielcamacho194]

Agreed brother same here across the pond is the US.

[@BoonTobias]

And what about the poorer countries that are now deprived of essential healthcare workers?

[@andrewturner8491]

The Brexit vote was not a vote to remove borders😂

[@TheRedPeril]

5 years at 700k is 3.5 million. Enough to fill Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle. In just 5 years. Think about that.

[@devamjani8041]

Uk needs to stop illegal immigration, refugees and asylum seekers. Especially the muslim ones. Rest of the immigration is fine and needed. Also, most students and workers return after completing their studies. Those who choose to stay, stay because of work reasons. Legal immigration has been and continues to be extremely beneficial.

[@vineld5903]

Illegal migration seems to be just 50k from the overall 750k increase.

[@kl9518]

What about the British low fertility rate, migration to other countries and Eastern Europeans leaving after Brexit. Britain needs foreign workers and investors to prop up its economy. The local British are poor and lazy.

[@jonathanfreyone526]

Isńt this a failure of successive UK governments for not focusing on more training of medical staff domestically, and relying on too much migration? Food for thought.

[@shermanwooman8608]

Can’t have working class Brits getting above their station, they might actually start dictating terms. Uneducated masses are easier to stomp down on.

[@johnaddidi3812]

Even they are answering that illegal immigration is barely an issue but it’s captivated the racist public mind for decades as it’s an easy policy to get people voting, riled up and it’s divisive all the things a politician needs

[@nicholasbell6128]

Nice to see some numbers and breakdown, anyone know where a full breakdown of stats can be found? Migration numbers are around 400k higher than pre-covid, so 50k increase in healthcare workers isn't the reason. It's one of the reasons. Hong Kong and Ukraine too look to add around 150k may. A huge increase in student visas, what's that due to? The numbers do help give some context though, happy to see a bit of clarity on the matter

[@ster2600]

Yeah definitely need more analysis. The student numbers are likely higher as overseas students couldn't travel here during covid. So it's combining the past 2-3 years.

[@nicholasbell6128]

@@ster2600 it still looks like there are maybe around 200k more students than 2019 pre-covid, I don't believe the chart is cumulative, so I'm not sure how covid explains it, other than perhaps pent up demand to study in the UK? I'm surprised the institutions could handle such an influx though

[@ster2600]

@@nicholasbell6128 yes pent-up demand. If a given student wants to study in the UK and can't due to covid, they will wait until the next year. So demand from 2020 and 2021 has been pushed to 2022

[@mycatspethooman5590]

Nobody mentioned the huge influx from Afghanistan or is that the "other" category

[@karthikj8969]

20k student fees an year may be too good to ignore for the universities?? I am being told a large number of students are also working in the care sector once they are here . Wonder if NHS shortage list has improved recently 🤔

[@RIAZKHAN-rm4xr]

New data reveals that the intake of international students in the 2021/22 academic year contributed a huge £41.9 billion to the UK economy

[@Bungle-UK]

Care to share this data?

[@S-North]

3rd world mass immigration, in its entirety has been, and is, a known 'Net loss' I'm afraid.

[@garrybye4415]

@@danchanner7887the chart is nett migration so it takes account of departures too. Apart from the 3% illegal, the government has complete control and issues visas to the other 97%. Part of the problem is that we are inviting all of these people in but not providing any extra houses or infrastructure

[@darkstar4102]

well of course as they know how Britain so against migration, so course they would leave after studying @@danchanner7887

[@reslllence]

​@@danchanner7887by 1% not 10%. if 10 students came in 2023 and 5 returned home then that would be net migration of 5 students. if an overseas student finished their studies and remained in the UK on a work visa then that would be -1 migration of student, +1 migration of workers and net nil overall impact (as they were already here, and are still here)

[@HKsolo-oq4sq]

Uk visited so many countries in the past, and now people visit back 😊

[@Jonathan-h1w9j]

Cobblers

[@shakilkamal8194]

@@Jonathan-h1w9j Ignoramus, Not a fan or Student of Colonial History

[@blazzz13]

@@Jonathan-h1w9j Inconvenient truth

[@fredcarson2791]

HKsolo-oq4sq. Those UK visitors were skilled and educated people and their spending helped poorer economies. The present foreign 'visitors' are a terrible burden and a drain on our economy. Then there are the illegal ones and the manipulative 'legal' ones and their relatives.

[@cocaineminor4420]

What goes around comes around UK got its karma

[@SM-zr4nc]

I was wondering, why has Brexit caused an increase rather than a decrease? (In the non-EU numbers) I understand the EU figures are down but what caused the global figure to rise all of a sudden?

[@Captn_Slow]

Because 1. EU workers who don't need visa leaving U.K., replaced by non EU workers who need visa. This will boost the number. 2. EU citizens coming to study or work in U.K. from 2020 on need visa which they don't before free movement ended. This will boost the number. 3. Pandemic causes international students number suppressed during 2020 and 2021.

[@MrDodgeNDive]

Yes I'm also wondering if the graph double count people who had to cyclically renew their visa The biggest driver being healthcare isn't a surprise, working conditions and pay made lots of NHS workers quit and look elsewhere, and the package is not that attractive to UK or EU workers Next largest says "other skilled workers", a portion might replace those EU numbers that left, and skilled workers were generally welcomed anyway Next is Temporary workers, most likely where the seasonal EU workers who didn't need visa before are now needing it, or replaced by non-EU Then the lowest being "other work", whatever it is the number hasn't really changed So if anything, it tells us the healthcare sector is struggling for staff and personally, I think it's driven largely due to the whole austerity plan that failed

[@水-n4v7s]

So EU immigrants before the brexit are not included in the figure…?

[@SickPrid3]

@@Captn_Slow those charts have nothing to do with visas. it's the number of people coming in, not number of issued visas

[@ryanf6530]

So record numbers of people want to come to live and work in the UK and to contribute to its economy. Given the economic benefits of migration, this looks like a Brexit win to me.

[@LennixAlexander]

Well I think it's too late to turn back now, I don't know why people thought this was a good idea, we aren't the USA there's no such thing as a melting pot

[@trevorhart545]

MIGRATION but what about the Emigration from the UK? I would be more concerned about a SKILL and BRAIN DRAIN from the UK OR are we UK Citizens seen as Persona Non Grata after Brexit and we have LOST opportunities for International Work Experience? Why are we only shown little parts of the equation?

[@mjstefansson7466]

Are these figures just for Luton ?

[@Dannyvirk]

It was so real, and suggested so many terrible trends. I had to stop at the 55th second. I understand that this is more than just probable, but there is nothing I can do about it. Western democracy has evolved into 'we are all born equal, but some are born more equal than others'.

[@PRAWDATOJEST-vd9eq]

Great Britain should join the Schengen area.

[@jon-xd7tl]

"A massive increase in the number of people coming here" An invasion, organised by our very own Home Office.

[@bartley7953]

And leftist universities .

[@garrybye4415]

@@bartley7953we are making loads of money from international students. Only those then given a visa to work stay after their studies. Is a massive income to the UK

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

An invasion of healthcare workers, really scary 😂

[@christianholmenfrost]

very well presented !

[@neoinitiative]

Maybe if Britain did more for it's own people to be well supported, educated and paid, those jobs would be filled by Brits... !?!?!

[@JammyDo]

We need international students. They help our economy.

[@Antimafia123]

Harry Potter😂

[@jonathanfreyone526]

So much for Brexit and cutting immigration from the EU, very ironic.

[@oscarmachado9607]

It did cut the migration from the EU. And replaced it with third worlders

[@jaycordner3890]

We in some serious trouble..

[@Ihustleha]

Main thing to take away from this video is that the net increase migration is approved by the home office. 750k net. British people are concerner about this huge number. And yet all the political and media attention is on Rwanda for the 50k illegals. Which allegedly is meant to address the immigration concerns of people i.e "get immigration under control." Goes to show the contempt and how stupid government thinks the people are.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Tory Britain is addicted to the sugar rush of foreign students (who pay higher fees for the same courses) and to cheap labour that has been trained elsewhere. There is zero willingness to invest on training/re-training local people for those jobs and then the many members of the party who are property owners stand to benefit from increased competition for housing.

[@mattd8725]

So one of the few Brexit promises that came true was that when we left, it would lift the restrictions that stop us taking in more none-EU migrants.

[@trevorhart545]

What does it tell us? 1. We have LOTS of Foreign Students SUBSIDISING the Excessive Number of Universities that we have 2. Illegal Immigrants are a minority of the massive surge 3. There are jobs that EU Citizens performed in the UK that are now employing "foreigners INCLUDING from the EU - previously NOT classed as immigrants" 4. Illegal Immigrants that Cross the Channel from the EU can LEGALLY be sent back to the EU, mainly France 5. The Government is reluctant to send these people back to the EU - Q. WHY? 6. There is a HIDDEN/SECRET deal that is allowing the Illegals to stay 7. LEGAL Immigrants come here to WORK!

[@spiningncircles]

Maybe this is the reason finding a flat in London is impossible.

[@asim1073]

People coming for work and study is really good, it boosts the economy and shows how great this country is, why all the hate?

[@ster2600]

1% population increase due to immigration is frankly not sustainable.

[@RussTillling]

It's the lies as they promised to reduce migration! So obviously the government of the day either has a hidden agenda, or has no control whatsoever. My bet is both. We all know that the civil 'service' and the judiciary run the country, and they are all massively pro-immigration. So what the general population think is not important to them.

[@hector7187]

Hate?! Not wanting to be a minority in your own country is not hate.

[@EnterTheSoundscape]

This presenter is really great. Good journalism.

[@caob1876]

Imagine hating on international students that come here to study, pay 5x higher fees and then compete intensely for the chance to stay. Along with the healthcare workers that come here to support the NHS. Wild.

[@hector7187]

Leave out your silly Americanisms.

[@jsd8981]

I feel a huge storm coming on unfortunatly....

[@blockpart2184]

Another factor is that UK citizens cant leave and live in the EU like they used to. This is net so its the difference between the ins and outs. If people can come for work to plug job shortages and then UK citizens cant relocate in Europe like before Brexit…its a perfect storm

[@bartley7953]

Utterly unsustainable for a country the size of the UK .

[@NunoRaposo1978]

If we are objective about it, surely we can conclude this is down to the crappy deals struck worldwide with non-EU countries.

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

There's one more immigration number from Dublin today: 5

[@Kj16V]

Yet another total failure of the Tories and Brexit.

[@rustypipe]

so overall instead of EU citizens the UK is gaining more people of certain religion not the most compatible with the western culture and values. I wonder how the UK will look like in 30 years and who is going to work on our pensions.

[@Paws4Thought669]

That is an influx population of a city about the Size of Newcastle and heading towards one the size of Liverpool in a year !!

[@bettyswunghole3310]

When illegal immigration is included, it's an influx about the same as the population of the country of Guyana.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

@@Lemingtona-x5g Considering that most of the students themselves are "bogus", I don't think it's at all unreasonable to include them in the figures.

[@Paws4Thought669]

Yes we are, unless we concrete over everything. It can't continue

[@shermanwooman8608]

@@bettyswunghole3310loads of moody courses, the studying is secondary - the access to employment is the primary factor. What’s the minimum wage in India?…

[@bettyswunghole3310]

@@pimpstar15 That's quite possibly *_THE_* stupidest comment I've ever read on YT. It's not the "size of the country" that's the important factor, it's "whether there are adequate resources to accommodate the number of people trying to come here." Since we need about 1.5 million new houses and our public services are stretched beyond breaking point, I think it's pretty obvious that we *_don't_* have adequate resources.

[@umizoomy65]

Now the UK elderly are going to experience the respect and care we have for our elders, i hope in time they see this as a benefit.

[@migglesism]

Oh sure, because migrants are so respectful

[@Sumi_S]

@@migglesismthe migrants coming for care homes are indeed respectful

[@migglesism]

@@Sumi_S the crime data would indicate otherwise

[@jumokejoie]

​@@Sumi_SAnd very educated too!

[@naiboz]

Gov needs to get it sorted, before the people sort out the gov.

[@xanderludwig]

What exactly needs to be sorted out? That they are bringing in skilled people to work in healthcare?

[@terryo5672]

Agree, we just don’t need this level of migrants on low pay. Short term visas until we can train the Brits. No migrant should ever get a job until the employer has exhausted all avenues for training a British worker.

[@CrabappleKing]

NO ELFCARE ON MA WATCH. PINT O CARLIN A DAY KEEPS DOCTA AWAY @@xanderludwig

[@jeffman8572]

​@@terryo5672 entitled snob

[@timothytusubira9904]

😂😂😂😂😂 train ...

[@m33ddyhv]

What positive is there for Brexit? seriously?

[@RussTillling]

At least our own civil service and government can f**k up our own country without paying Brussels to do it for us. Better accountability in theory... Not working when there is not much choice.

[@healthbytes7360]

Number of migrants have increased BUT no one is talking about the how much money this has pulled into the UK for visa fees and renewal fees which has exponentially raised too. All in all this migration is a money-printing machine for UK. Why no one is talking about this? A Family of 4 will end up paying £15000 for Indefinite leave to remain Visa and this is expected to rise too...

[@sender5804]

UK becoming Nigeria + India

[@funny_gaming56]

😂😂

[@evgeniynagornyak1150]

Many Nigerians left the uk . Rents their properties through Councils. And ,live very good life.

[@sender5804]

@@evgeniynagornyak1150 even more arrived

[@zainlong9273]

Australia should be open to everyone from Africa, India, China, and non-European countries.

[@eksodass]

UK's economy is supported by Tuition fees and language Tests. Average student pays £40k yearly into the fiscus.

[@tc2664]

The British government had seriously discussed the idea of resettling 5.5 million Hong Kong Chinese to live in Northern Ireland in 1983. Nothing surprises me about this.

[@cousinleigh1470]

Imagine that now 20 million Chinese in Ireland

[@wrestlingp]

they let 90,000 Hong Kong citizens in over during the last 13 years, sent these great educated minds off to Crewe to work as delivery men and gingerbread packers.

[@waic5252]

Hong Kong people who come to the UK bring a lot of money in and start working as soon as possible (from lower end jobs to higher end ones) So I'm pretty sure they generally have a positive effect to the UK. They generally don't increase crime or act in a bad way. They are the ideal immigrant in my eyes. Hardworking, no trouble makers, willing to do any type of job, willing to integrate/contribute into society.

[@antiwoke6888]

So true ... I have NEVER in my life met a Hong Konger on benefits .... met plenty of Pakistanis and eastern Europeans though on Benefits and in social housing@@waic5252

[@uniquevideosUk]

@@pimpstar15 Because its not history anymore! Time we stopped reliving decades long history, not like we discuss it all is it, certain ppl like to cherry pick, to suit the narrative, it's 🇮🇪 its upto the ppl of 🇮🇪 at the end of the day.

[@daveross-lq5nv]

VOTE REFORM

[@Angelcynn-x9m]

Reform UK all the way to westminster

[@sonnybaez5863]

I'm a migrant - if it hadn't been for us, your economy would be far worse, we pay our taxes, we also pay extra (surcharge) for the NHS - we pay visa payments - not to mention, students bring. A LOT of money into the UK economy - keep complaining, kick us out, brexit was a mistake and isolating yourselves from migration will be the economy's doom.

[@balsdsa]

Close the dooor!

[@sacriphenix]

Uk with its maritime borders have a really healthy immigration,studies + work result in a selective immigration wich is very good for the country rather than the illegal immigration process.

[@amc8241]

Braverman should resign as an mp after these figures

[@10-YearPlan]

Skipped 'Other' pretty sharpish. Classic mainstream media reporting.

[@craptacular8282]

We need a cap/quota attached to every single visa category. They won't do it though. The reality is that the government loves immigration, the more the better. They're just trying to distract us with talk of dealing with it until people get preoccupied with something else.

[@GK-qc5ry]

Because we have an aging demographic and some jobs EU citizens did now are being replaced by people from outside the EU. Plus the govt gets some of its economic growth through basic population growth.

[@outlaw6421]

50,000 illegals, thay have no idea how many has come in..

[@evgeniynagornyak1150]

Million illegals

[@dalebenton3354]

About time the Migrants cleared of,This one of the main problems in the UK why living costs keep on going right through the roof,"THROUGH THE ROOF" Ive had very tough year this year with higher price rises going all the way through the roof,Costing 8 Million pounds a day to pay for all the Migrants funds,Why can't they pay for their own Holidays ????? it end up double to 16 Million pounds a day,Causing living costs and other crises to get 100000 times worse,Be a time when the whole UK run out of Migrant space next,Getting like it now,Why half the Migrants or living in Migrant boat hotels on the UK seas,We not their keep,Why can't they go back to their own country and sort their own mess out,If they want to come to the UK for Holidays,Go for it,Long they pay for it them selves,They wont like it if any of us English people went to their Country and expected them to pay for any of us lot,We all soon be told where to go,Why can't we do the same with them ???????

[@MF-eh9sk]

So here's an idea... pay our doctors and nurses properly and we won't be so reliant on foreign workers 🤷‍♂️

[@will580]

Would be great to see a similar graph that shows British doctors and nurses leaving for Australia to work in health and care

[@dalebenton3354]

I voted for Brexit 7 years ago,Vote for to leave the EU,That was a complete waste of space as well,Vote for U KIP for them to deal with it,They always loose,It's a waste of space voting for any thing really,Not even worth the ink what comes from the pen to tick on the votes

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Who could have predicted that reducing the number of EU workers, while not recruiting any more British workers, would lead to an increase of non-EU workers? I didn't vote for brexit and I saw this coming from the time of the referendum. Personally I don't care who we fill jobs with, as long as they're qualified and treated fairly. I do however find it funny hearing people still claiming that they thought brexit would reduce immigration.

[@RussTillling]

I'm looking into Reform. They might help with this...

[@Nam__]

The brexit is paid by lobbyists who sponsored the parties includes the party of Richard Tice. They just wanted to make UK a tax heaven without any regulations. I never would trust billionaires in power. That was a circus for people as always

[@hirepgym6913]

What do the numbers tell us? we made a huge mistake thats what

[@kquat7899]

The UK is stuffed. And it was the Tories wot dun it....

[@peterlashbrook8556]

Tells us that our government doesn't care about its own peoples safety

[@JackKing12.]

200k from Hong Kong using BNO passport.

[@johnaddidi3812]

Let’s ignore the influx of over 200,000 Ukrainians mainly on benefits when 85 percent of their country is unaffected by conflict yet they’ve come to the other side of Europe crossing every country when Morocco is nearer to Britain then their capital and the best part it’s all unreported probably because a white working force was wanted but couldn’t be achieved under Brexit compared with 22 afghans

[@Nam__]

About 61% of Ukrainian adults are employed. Stop spreading bullshit www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/visaholdersenteringtheukundertheukrainehumanitarianschemes/27februaryto13march2023

[@justgeneric2876]

They need to take our students, that should never have counted just temporary migration.

[@RussTillling]

They have no clue who goes back. Just 'official statistics'. Lol.

[@davida4641]

Foreign workers can apparently be paid 20% less than domestic workers. Could this maybe be a reason?

[@Captn_Slow]

No. Foreign workers need to apply for working visa in order to come to work in U.K. To get a working visa, your salary must meet the salary threshold set by Home Office. They set the threshold for different positions in different industries and it is based on the 25th percentile of earnings on that specific position.

[@Nam__]

@@Captn_Slowthey are going to increase the threshold to 30k. The salaries in Uk is stagnating for so long, excluding minimum wage. So to find a 30k salary for some fields is really hard

[@Speedkam]

@Nam__ thats bollocks. 30k is only few quid over minimum wage

[@Nam__]

@@Speedkam go into indeed and see that there’s not that much 30k salary there. Uk employees are so underpaid. And minimal wage in annual equivalent is around 20k full time

[@Iamusertoo]

Wait a minute. So what is the problem. He didnt say boats?! 🙄

[@muhammaduddin9268]

Blame Brexit for this mess.

[@CD-pm9kc]

In short, smart educated British people leaving, 3rd world moving in.

[@CD-pm9kc]

Also it should be Gross not NET numbers.

[@reslllence]

@@CD-pm9kc why should it be gross when theyre discussing net migration

[@CD-pm9kc]

@@reslllence To show the cultural impact of these policies.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

"What do the numbers tell us?" Err...we're "fu**ed", I think...

[@jaw2112]

"Migration rise: What do the numbers tell us?" That we're screwed!!!

[@MR_BENWAN]

One can't complaint about the service of NHS while keep complaining about the migrants to work in the NHS. No staffs or no migrants.

[@kingpooh6429]

Was brexit not meant to reduce immigration 😂

[@thepepper191]

Why are students included in migration figures when most of them don’t stay when they finish study?

[@devildevil2271]

Australia needs to have more chinatown and indiatown

[@cocaineminor4420]

They already have many Chinatown's But Indiatowns? I don't think they want to have it

[@cocaineminor4420]

Considering how racist they are to indians