Nye tall viser at 1,34 millioner arbeidsplasser som er blitt skapt i Storbritannia siden 2001 har blitt besatt av innvandrere. Avsløringen har ført til nye krav om at regjeringen må innføre et tak på hvor mange innvandrere som får oppholde seg i landet. Rapporten viser at den store innvandringen av mennesker som er villige til å arbeide for lavere lønn, hovedsakelig har gått på bekostning av innfødte briter i lavtlønnede yrker.
Til tross for det store antallet ledige arbeidsplasser, har antall innfødte briter i arbeid falt med 62.000 i samme periode. De store vinnerne har vært østeuropeere, som har besatt nesten 459.000 av de nye arbeidsplassene etter den kontroversielle utvidelsen av EU:
The analysis by Migrationwatch UK uses the Government’s Labour Force Survey to analyse who were the biggest winners during the economic boom.
Its verdict is certain to put more pressure on Ministers to impose a cap on migrant workers.
From 2001 to 2008, the numbers in employment in the UK rose by 1.342million yet the number of UK-born workers fell by 62,000.
Konklusjonen i rapporten er at hele 1.089 av 1.334 millioner arbeidsplasser har gått til utenlandske arbeidere i Stortbritannia i løpet av en 7 års periode:
As well as Eastern Europeans, those who gained were 618,000 immigrants from other countries and 315,000 who were born overseas but became ‘naturalised’.
Even if the number of naturalised UK citizens is added to UK-born workers, Britons have still taken only 253,000 of the new jobs. The remainder – 1.089million – have gone to foreigners.
Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve said: ‘This is yet more evidence that undermines Gordon Brown’s unwise proclamation that he would deliver British jobs for British workers.’
The report warned the damage to the prospects of some British workers has ‘already been done’ despite the number of Eastern Europe workers here stabilising at about 500,000 this year.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said: ‘Rather than come clean about the effect of massive immigration, the Government has been camouflaging the true position with “tough talk” about immigration.’
I tillegg viser rapporten at det store innslaget av utenlandsk arbeidskraft som er villige til å arbeide for lavere lønn har gått på bekostning av allerede lavtlønnende britiske innfødte:
Residents of Poland and seven other former Eastern Bloc countries which joined the EU in 2004 have no restrictions on their right to take jobs in the UK.
However, there are limits on Bulgaria and Romania, which joined in January 2007. On Thursday, Immigration Minister Phil Woolas is expected to try to head off criticism by announcing that these limits will remain.
A Government spokesman said: ‘Over 90 per cent of the workforce is British. We are making an unprecedented investment in skills and training to ensure that UK residents do not lose out.’