Immigration facts
The great and the good in Britain prefer we dont have facts on this subject. However every so often they leak out. Here are some....
Britain takes more than its share of asylum seekers. We have 15% of the EUs population yet we take 29% of asylum seekers.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers recognised this when he said on the Today programme 0n 30 Dec 2002 that the UK was getting more than its proportional share of immigrants. He added, "lets share the burden so we have less in the UK and more spread
across the EU".
A key issue is not population but population density. Three-quarters of migrants to Britain go to London and the South East, already one of the most crowded areas of Europe . Indeed, England as a whole is one of the most densely populated areas of Europe (383 people per square
kilometre). This is nearly twice the level of Germany (227), four times the level of France (105) and twelve times the level of the US (29.5). Ethnic minorities now make up 29% of the population of the London region. That percentage is increasing rapidly.
Taking asylum seekers per square kilometre England was the highest in Europe. In those few countries which have a higher asylum application rate than Britain ; such as Belgium , Denmark and The Netherlands, voters have turned to extreme political parties to express their dis-pleasure at the level of immigration.
Is Immigration a good or bad thing? That is a worthy subject of debate. What should not be hidden is the fact that the current immigration numbers are historically unprecedented in their size, duration and the fact that they are not linked to a single specific global event (like the Jewish immigration of the 30's.
Some in the Labour Party get that the great multi-cultural experiment has not worked out the way the cheerleaders of immigration thought it might.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5119892.stm
Britain takes more than its share of asylum seekers. We have 15% of the EUs population yet we take 29% of asylum seekers.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers recognised this when he said on the Today programme 0n 30 Dec 2002 that the UK was getting more than its proportional share of immigrants. He added, "lets share the burden so we have less in the UK and more spread
across the EU".
A key issue is not population but population density. Three-quarters of migrants to Britain go to London and the South East, already one of the most crowded areas of Europe . Indeed, England as a whole is one of the most densely populated areas of Europe (383 people per square
kilometre). This is nearly twice the level of Germany (227), four times the level of France (105) and twelve times the level of the US (29.5). Ethnic minorities now make up 29% of the population of the London region. That percentage is increasing rapidly.
Taking asylum seekers per square kilometre England was the highest in Europe. In those few countries which have a higher asylum application rate than Britain ; such as Belgium , Denmark and The Netherlands, voters have turned to extreme political parties to express their dis-pleasure at the level of immigration.
Is Immigration a good or bad thing? That is a worthy subject of debate. What should not be hidden is the fact that the current immigration numbers are historically unprecedented in their size, duration and the fact that they are not linked to a single specific global event (like the Jewish immigration of the 30's.
Some in the Labour Party get that the great multi-cultural experiment has not worked out the way the cheerleaders of immigration thought it might.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5119892.stm
posted by Richard John | 4:29 pm
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