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80pc of MIGRANTS ‘Are a NET DRAIN on OUR ECONOMY. By
James Slack Home Affairs Editor. Daily Mail Tuesday, August 29, 2006. FOUR out of FIVE migrants take more from
the British economy than they contribute, a report says. A small number of highly-paid foreign workers mask the
fact that ONLY 20% -earn the £27,000
a year -required to make a NET ECONOMIC INPUT -over the course of their lifetime. The report’s author, MIGRATIONWATCH -said it proved the case that ONLY highly-skilled
economic migrants – such as doctors and engineers – should settle in It will heap even greater pressure on Home Secretary
John Reid to call an end to Labour’s ‘OPEN DOOR’ migration policy. Sir Andrew Green, Migrationwatch
chairman, said: ‘The GOVERNMENT and its supporters repeatedly trot out
favourable-looking statistics which seek to give the impression that
IMMIGRATION in general has a positive effect on the ‘The REALITY is the immigrants are extremely
varied. A minority are highly-skilled
and highly-paid but the MAJORITY - will end up a COST to the TAXPAYER -if they settle here permanently.’ The Government calculates adult migrants make up 10.6
per cent of the country’s gross domestic product – its total economic output. This is the basis for its claim they make a ‘small but
positive’ contribution to the economy. BUT, using the
Government’s own Labour Force Survey, Migrationwatch says this calculation
fails to show the full picture. To make a positive contribution to; GDP over the
course of a person’s lifetime, they must earn £27,000 a year. This is
equivalent of paying £7,600 a year
in income tax and other taxation, and would cover the costs of healthcare and
other public services into retirement. Only 20 per cent of migrants achieve
this. But, many that do – Such as financiers, engineers and NHS consultants –
earn large amounts of money. This makes it appear that migrants in general are
making a positive contribution to GDP when in fact; they are ONLY a small
minority of the total number. Some 8 out of 10 earn less than £27,000 a year, with a large number on the minimum wage of
£10,000 a year. Britons are in the
same position, with 8 out of 10 of those born here NOT earning £27,000, and
higher earners paying the majority of the tax bill. BUT the difference is that the GOVERNMENT -can choose which work-related migrants are allowed to
settle in the Migrationwatch says that, as a result, only those
earning more than £27,000 – And filling a vacancy that can’t be taken by an EU
citizen – should be allowed to settle hear by the Government’s new advisory
panel on immigration. The panel is to set up an ‘optimum level’ of economic
migration to the Sir Andrew said: ‘To most people the measures we are suggesting are
simple common sense. This research
demonstrates once more that there is no economic case for massive immigration
to the ‘The Home Secretary is right to say that
we need to balance economic gain against social costs. ‘The social costs of the present massive levels of
immigration including their impact on infrastructure and public services far
outweigh any possible benefit.’ Many of the migrants are doing low-paid jobs which the
Government says would be otherwise difficult to fill. Their willingness to work for the minimum
wage has kept inflation low, a key goal of Chancellor Gordon Brown. Critics argue this has led to a reduction in
salary for British workers. The Government is powerless to restrict the number of
migrants moving to A Home Office spokesman said it could not comment on
the report, as it had not yet seen it.
But he said that the contribution made by migrants to British life could
not be measured simply in terms of economic output. A new points-based entry system for economic migrants
would take into account factors such as salary and skills, he added. * MIGRANT
WORKERS: THE
FIGURES (Foreign-born
working age Population,
by earnings) Unemployed ------------------- --- 184,000 Economically Inactive * ---------- 1,197,000 £0-£3,999
-------------------------- 182,172
£4,000-£7,999----------------------
320,371
£8000-£11,999----------------------
409,289 £12,000-£15,999
------------------- 394,261 £16,000-£19,999
------------------- 345,466 £20,000-£23,999
------------------- 283,967 £24,000-£27,999
------------------- 198,395 £28,000-£31,999
------------------- 150,700 £32,000-£35,999 -------------------- 112,953 £36,000-£39,999
--------------------- 82,080 £40,000-£43,999
--------------------- 41,918 £44,000-£47,999
--------------------- 64,400 £48,000 +
------------------------------157,028 TOTAL ----------------- 4,124,000 *Economically
inactive are people NOT IN WORK but are NOT receiving jobseeker’s allowance. [For once we can now have a balanced and sensible
conclusion with the subject of immigration now out in the open and no longer
the preserve of the 145 spin doctors in the Home Office (D.Telegraph-Aug30-2006) with its protection by certain leftist Press obscurants
who now appear to have seen the light of truth before their very eyes –as they
say numbers do not lie or something of the sort –though an open mind might be
in order when statistics from Government bodies are on view.] *
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