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The Uk Attracts Twice As Many Immigrants Than France
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Now I wonder why, can it be the weather, the vast number of vacant jobs, the food, I wonder why?
Now I wonder why, can it be the weather, the vast number of vacant jobs, the food, I wonder why?
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Until the financial crash, the UK was booming and economic migrants came for jobs. We were doing far better than France in the noughties which is why we were more attractive to EU migrants. Though the crash ended all that, we weathered the storm better than Spain or Greece where unemployment soared.
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Part of the reason will be because of our burgeoning IT industry, and the City. London in particular is a huge international financial centre, with hundreds of investment banks, insurance companies, futures traders etc...all of whom have an international presence and whom have staff coming into (and going out of) the country on short term contracts.
In addition to this, we are a key destination for Eastern Europeans who want to work in the services, domestic, building trades.
Over the past eight years, we've had our house renovated/redecorated twice, and had electricians, plumbers, carpenters etc round - and on most occasions, the accent we hear is Eastern European.
I assume (without much knowledge of the economies of other European countries) that we offer decent salaries for skilled workers.
Perhaps our economy is that much more stable?
Part of the reason will be because of our burgeoning IT industry, and the City. London in particular is a huge international financial centre, with hundreds of investment banks, insurance companies, futures traders etc...all of whom have an international presence and whom have staff coming into (and going out of) the country on short term contracts.
In addition to this, we are a key destination for Eastern Europeans who want to work in the services, domestic, building trades.
Over the past eight years, we've had our house renovated/redecorated twice, and had electricians, plumbers, carpenters etc round - and on most occasions, the accent we hear is Eastern European.
I assume (without much knowledge of the economies of other European countries) that we offer decent salaries for skilled workers.
Perhaps our economy is that much more stable?
These figures are from Eurostat and published in March of last year. There is an update due next month, and it will be interesting to see if there is any change.
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If instead of concentrating on one year (2011) one looks at the totals, there is a somewhat different picture...
"In absolute terms, the largest numbers of non-nationals living in the EU on 1 January 2012 were found in Germany (7.4 million persons), Spain (5.5 million), Italy (4.8 million), the United Kingdom (4.8 million) and France (3.8 million)"
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If instead of concentrating on one year (2011) one looks at the totals, there is a somewhat different picture...
"In absolute terms, the largest numbers of non-nationals living in the EU on 1 January 2012 were found in Germany (7.4 million persons), Spain (5.5 million), Italy (4.8 million), the United Kingdom (4.8 million) and France (3.8 million)"
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