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A New Look at Immigration to the UK

RECENT IMMIGRATION TO THE UK: NEW EVIDENCE OF THE FISCAL COSTS AND BENEFITS £25BN NET POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION FROM IMMIGRANTS OVER 2000–2011 LESS LIKELY TO LIVE IN UK IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED SINCE 2000 & SOCIAL HOUSING ARE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS THAN UK NATIVES WHAT'S MORE over the decade from 2001to 2011 they made a considerable POSITIVE net contribution to the UK's fiscal system, & thus helped to relieve the fiscal burden on UK-born workers. conțributed about UK immigrants from the European Economic Área rone AEEAS4% more in taxes than they received in benefits over the period 2001-11 RECENT IMMIGRANTS (THOSE WHO ARRIVED AFTER 1999 AND WHO CONSTITUTED 33% OF THE OVERALL IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN THE UK IN 2011) WERE 45% LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE STATE BENEFTS OR TAX CREDITS THAN UK NATIVES OVER THE PERIOD 2000–11. THEY WERE ALSO 3% LESS LIKELY TO LIVE IN SOCIAL HOUSING Over the same period, recent EEA immigrants have on average contributed 34% more in taxes than they have received as transfers. 34% Recent immigrants from countries outside the EEA have contributed 2% more in taxes than they have received as transfers. In contrast, over the same period, the total of TAX PAYMENTS WERE I1% LOWER THAN THE TRANSFERS THEY RECEIVED. RECENT IMMIGRANTS ARE ALSO FAR BETTER EDUCATED THAN NATIVES: IN 2011, 32% OF RECENT EEA IMMIGRANTS AND OF RECENT 43%NON-EEA IMMIGRANTS HAD A UNIVERSITY DEGREE. THE COMPARABLE FGURE FOR UK NATIVES Is 21% DID YOU KNOW? IN CONTRAST WITH MOST OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE UK ATTRACTS HIGHLY EDUCATED AND SKILLED IMMIGRANTS FROM WITHIN THE EEA AS WELL AS FROM OUTSIDE. IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED SINCE 2000 HAVE MADE A VERY SIZEABLE NET FSCAL CONTRIBUTION AND THEREFORE HELPED TO FISCAL REDUCE THE ESCAL BURDEN ON UK-BORN CLIFF WORKERS. 'OUR STUDY ALSO SUGGESTS THAT OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, THE UK HAS BENEFTED ESCALLY FROM IMMIGRANTS FROM EEA COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE PUT IN CONSIDER- ABLY MORE IN TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAN THEY RECEIVED IN BENEKTS AND TRANSFERS. 'GIVEN THIS EVIDENCE, CLAIMS ABOUT "BENEAT TOURISM" BY EEA IMMIGRANTS SEEM TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY. Source: http://www.cream-migration.org/publ_uploads/CDP_22_13.pdf movehub www.movehub.com

A New Look at Immigration to the UK

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A visual look at the new research from UCL professors about the real picture of immigration in the UK. From international relocation website movehub.com

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