Post by weagannuh on Jan 10, 2012 14:02:41 GMT
I was reading my daily at work and thought this was the place to add this.
THOUSANDS of Brits have been pushed out of work by the huge influx of foreign workers, an official report confirmed today.
There are up to 23 fewer jobs for Brits for every 100 migrants from outside the EU, the Government's immigration advisers said.
Many more have seen their pay squeezed by mass immigration, the independent Migration Advisory Committee said.
The findings are the first definitive verdict on the effect of the influx — which recently hit 250,000 people a year — on the jobs market. Since 1997, three-quarters of 2.9million new jobs have been taken by immigrants.
And the committee will say low-skilled workers in particular have suffered from competition with migrant labourers willing to take less pay. The jobless total now stands at 2.6million.
Some high-skilled industries such as IT have also been badly affected.
The report, called An Analysis Of The Impacts Of Migration and laid out by the MAC's chairman Professor David Metcalf, comes after another one by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research suggested the influx of foreigners had little or no impact on the UK jobs market.
But the MAC found that between 1995 and 2010 the total number of foreigners in employment rose by 2.1million — pushing out 160,000 Brits.
However, the report also found foreigners who have been in the UK for more than five years do not affect British-born workers.
And it said EU migration had "little or no impact on the native employment rate".
Professor Metcalf said: "Assessing the impacts of migration is not a simple decision and our conclusions will require careful consideration by the Government.
"However, our research suggests that non-EEA migration is associated with some displacement of British workers.
"Financial impacts of migration are also complicated but considering overall GDP does not present a true picture.
Instead, the impact of migration on the economic well-being of the resident population should be the focus."
The MAC is a committee of five top economists set up in 2007 to give ministers objective advice over the debate.
Its report also details the effect incoming foreigners have had on housing, education and health — putting all three services under extra pressure.
The evidence will give fresh ammunition to Home Secretary Theresa May in her fight for tougher immigration restrictions. Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable, backed by Tory ministers Michael Gove and David Willetts, forced her to water down new curbs by insisting they wouldn't help UK workers.
The youth jobless total nearly doubled to more than a million since 2004, while the number of East European workers rocketed by 600,000.
Think-tank Migration Watch UK's chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "The pro-immigration lobby has been in denial for years about the impact of immigration on British workers.
"The time has certainly come for hard facts."
How can so many migrants does not effect job opportunities?
THOUSANDS of Brits have been pushed out of work by the huge influx of foreign workers, an official report confirmed today.
There are up to 23 fewer jobs for Brits for every 100 migrants from outside the EU, the Government's immigration advisers said.
Many more have seen their pay squeezed by mass immigration, the independent Migration Advisory Committee said.
The findings are the first definitive verdict on the effect of the influx — which recently hit 250,000 people a year — on the jobs market. Since 1997, three-quarters of 2.9million new jobs have been taken by immigrants.
And the committee will say low-skilled workers in particular have suffered from competition with migrant labourers willing to take less pay. The jobless total now stands at 2.6million.
Some high-skilled industries such as IT have also been badly affected.
The report, called An Analysis Of The Impacts Of Migration and laid out by the MAC's chairman Professor David Metcalf, comes after another one by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research suggested the influx of foreigners had little or no impact on the UK jobs market.
But the MAC found that between 1995 and 2010 the total number of foreigners in employment rose by 2.1million — pushing out 160,000 Brits.
However, the report also found foreigners who have been in the UK for more than five years do not affect British-born workers.
And it said EU migration had "little or no impact on the native employment rate".
Professor Metcalf said: "Assessing the impacts of migration is not a simple decision and our conclusions will require careful consideration by the Government.
"However, our research suggests that non-EEA migration is associated with some displacement of British workers.
"Financial impacts of migration are also complicated but considering overall GDP does not present a true picture.
Instead, the impact of migration on the economic well-being of the resident population should be the focus."
The MAC is a committee of five top economists set up in 2007 to give ministers objective advice over the debate.
Its report also details the effect incoming foreigners have had on housing, education and health — putting all three services under extra pressure.
The evidence will give fresh ammunition to Home Secretary Theresa May in her fight for tougher immigration restrictions. Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable, backed by Tory ministers Michael Gove and David Willetts, forced her to water down new curbs by insisting they wouldn't help UK workers.
The youth jobless total nearly doubled to more than a million since 2004, while the number of East European workers rocketed by 600,000.
Think-tank Migration Watch UK's chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "The pro-immigration lobby has been in denial for years about the impact of immigration on British workers.
"The time has certainly come for hard facts."
How can so many migrants does not effect job opportunities?