What have the immigrants ever done for us?

WHAT HAVE THE IMMIGRANTS EVER DONE FOR US? EU15 Countries A10 Countries Old EU New EU Austria Cyprus Czech Republic Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland Hungary France Germany Latvia Lithuania Malta Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Poland Slovakia Slovenia Portugal Spain Sweden Natives People born in the UK Recent A10 Immigrants from New EU Recent EU15 who have entered Immigrants from Old EU the UK 2000 - 2011 who have entered the UK 2000 - 2011 Recent non-EU Immigrants from outside the EU who have entered the UK 2000 - 2011 62% 48% 24% 25% Proportion with university degree Figures are for fiscal year 2011 Left full-time education before age 17 53% Proportion with 13% 8% 15% Figures are for fiscal year 2011 low education 17% +.4% Differential in -8.5% -5.5% probability of living in Figures are for fiscal year 2011 social housing SOCIAL WELFARE 40% Differential in -13% -15% probability of claiming benefits/tax credits -23% Figures are for fiscal year 2011. Revenues = taxation 0.895 1.164 1.120 1.033 of various kinds Expenditures = provision of public goods and services, health care, Ratio of real Revenues to real Expenditures education, etc. +15.3 +5.2 -617 (£B) Overall net fiscal Figures are cumulative contributions (£Billion) for fiscal years 2001-2011 £5bn The positive net fiscal contribution of recent immigrants (those arriving since 2000) from the A10 £15bn The posltive net fiscal contributions of recent European immigrants from the rest of the EU £617bn Over the same period, the NEGATIVE net fiscal contribution of native UK born Data Source 7OCREAM Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration UCL "The Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK" Dustmann and Frattini Infographic by The Economic Journal 2014 [email protected] http://www.cream-migration.org/