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2016 UK voted out of EU.
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another 558,OOO since june last year,
about the size of bradford
about the size of bradford
If you tell people you are closing the gates expect a rush.
Telegraph piece.
Mass immigration means Britain’s population has been growing twice as fast as the rest of Europe for the last decade – gaining as many people in that time as in the entire previous generation, official figures show.
The population of the UK passed the 64 million mark for the first time last year, experiencing by far the biggest annual growth in the EU, according to the Office for National Statistics.
It is now effectively the second most populous country in Europe after Germany, having overtaken France if the inhabitants of the French overseas departments and territories are excluded.
Although a mini baby boom has contributed to the surge in the British population, immigration accounts for at least 60 per cent of the growth in the last decade, the ONS estimated.
That does not include the knock-on effect of immigration on birth rates, with around a quarter of new babies in the UK last year being born to foreign mothers.
Overall the population of the UK grew by just over 400,000 to 64.1 million in the year to mid-2013, according to the official annual estimate, adding the equivalent of the population of Bristol in a single year.
That means that the population has grown by five million since 2001, the same amount it gained in the previous 37 years. Yet immigration accounts for five times as much of the growth since the millennium as in the period before, the ONS added.
London, the most popular destination for new arrivals, grew by 108,100 in a year – the equivalent of the adding the population of Worthing or Eastbourne to the capital.
By contrast the populations of France and Italy grew by around 291,000 and Germany by 195,000 in the same period. Officially the UK is the third most populous country in the EU, narrowing the gap on France at 65.6 million.
But excluding overseas territories in South America, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean the population of metropolitan France stands at around 63.6 million.
Over the last decade Britain’s population has grown at a rate 0.7 per cent a year, just over twice the EU average of 0.34 per cent.
“Since 2001 there have been high levels of net inward migration, adding to the population at younger working ages,” the ONS explained.
“In part this was driven by the expansion of the European Union in 2004 and 2007.
“This period has also seen an increasing number of births, driven by both the immigration of women of childbearing age and rising fertility among UK-born women.”
Alp Mehmet, vice-chairman of the campaign group Migration Watch UK, said: “Population growth on this scale is clearly unsustainable and raises serious questions about the ability of public services and infrastructure to cope with such a rapidly growing population.
“The Government will have to build schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and homes as well as expand an already creaking infrastructure in order to cope with this demand at a time when there is very little money to spare.”
Great insight there, 15 years too late.
Mass immigration means Britain’s population has been growing twice as fast as the rest of Europe for the last decade – gaining as many people in that time as in the entire previous generation, official figures show.
The population of the UK passed the 64 million mark for the first time last year, experiencing by far the biggest annual growth in the EU, according to the Office for National Statistics.
It is now effectively the second most populous country in Europe after Germany, having overtaken France if the inhabitants of the French overseas departments and territories are excluded.
Although a mini baby boom has contributed to the surge in the British population, immigration accounts for at least 60 per cent of the growth in the last decade, the ONS estimated.
That does not include the knock-on effect of immigration on birth rates, with around a quarter of new babies in the UK last year being born to foreign mothers.
Overall the population of the UK grew by just over 400,000 to 64.1 million in the year to mid-2013, according to the official annual estimate, adding the equivalent of the population of Bristol in a single year.
That means that the population has grown by five million since 2001, the same amount it gained in the previous 37 years. Yet immigration accounts for five times as much of the growth since the millennium as in the period before, the ONS added.
London, the most popular destination for new arrivals, grew by 108,100 in a year – the equivalent of the adding the population of Worthing or Eastbourne to the capital.
By contrast the populations of France and Italy grew by around 291,000 and Germany by 195,000 in the same period. Officially the UK is the third most populous country in the EU, narrowing the gap on France at 65.6 million.
But excluding overseas territories in South America, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean the population of metropolitan France stands at around 63.6 million.
Over the last decade Britain’s population has grown at a rate 0.7 per cent a year, just over twice the EU average of 0.34 per cent.
“Since 2001 there have been high levels of net inward migration, adding to the population at younger working ages,” the ONS explained.
“In part this was driven by the expansion of the European Union in 2004 and 2007.
“This period has also seen an increasing number of births, driven by both the immigration of women of childbearing age and rising fertility among UK-born women.”
Alp Mehmet, vice-chairman of the campaign group Migration Watch UK, said: “Population growth on this scale is clearly unsustainable and raises serious questions about the ability of public services and infrastructure to cope with such a rapidly growing population.
“The Government will have to build schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and homes as well as expand an already creaking infrastructure in order to cope with this demand at a time when there is very little money to spare.”
Great insight there, 15 years too late.
Jun 23, 2017 -- 11:37AM, Breedingmad wrote:
If you tell people you are closing the gates
The country has been led into ruin by donkeys, and there are only more donkeys to replace them.
Regardless of the reason for the increase this country has too many people. We should have a long term plan to half the population.
It is not possible, the very best we can hope for is a slower increase. A quarter of births attibutable to foreigners last year, quite startling. Perhaps this info might not have been released just now if the Tories hadn't created such chaos.
Nothing wrong with immigration. It's uncontrolled immigration which is the problem.
A bit like having a hotel which just leaves the doors open and tells people to find somewhere to sleep and eat if they can.
A bit like having a hotel which just leaves the doors open and tells people to find somewhere to sleep and eat if they can.
good immigrants and bad immigrants - it's not about the numbers but the QUALITY - we need fewer rumm'uns
i would be happy with 5 million new good immigrants
i would be happy with 5 million new good immigrants
Im sure Londonistan wwould welcome a Few hundred Thousand More .
London gives the Apearance the Last few weeks of Total Chaos Between Attacks Fire and Housing Issues
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