Robert Jenrick leads calls for cap on new arrivals amid drop in GDP per person

Analysis of Home Office data showed the impact of the shift from EU to non-EU migrants. Migrants from the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey aged 25-64 were almost twice as likely to be economically inactive as someone born in the UK.

Spanish migrants typically earned around 40pc more than migrants from Pakistan or Bangladesh, while migrants from countries such as Canada, Singapore and Australia paid between four and nine times as much income tax as migrants from Somalia or Pakistan.

  • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Not surprising. Most are unskilled and nowhere near ready to enter the workforce.

  • KidnappedByKitties@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Wow, this is a useless editorial.

    No link to the report, unclear if the report takes into account years since migration (it takes time to learn language, develop networks, and climb ladders), some indication that the trouble is that migrants end up in low paying jobs (which of course would decrease GDP), and no comment on the fairly obvious question on what the integration policy says about time frames.

    Also, it puts all of the post-Brexit decline at the door of the immigrants, which seems ridiculous.

    This reads like a hit piece from conservatives in preparation for election season.

      • KidnappedByKitties@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Thanks for linking!

        But lol, that is such an obviously biased report with vague eyebrow waving suggestions that immigrants are to blame for everything.

        None of the charts or trends they present are consistent in their effect, haven’t controlled for anything (the major point is lowered GDP per capita while immigration spiked five years ago, but the Brexit drop started well before then, and the exodus of specialist EU-migrants isn’t even mentioned), and don’t actually say anything except look at this red line next to a thing getting worse.

        CPS is why you should view every “Think tank” as a lobbyist organisation, and their materials as sales flyers…