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UK net migration hits all-time record at 504,000 - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63743259 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63743259 That's enough to make the UK ~40%
by Bran_son 3y ago
UK net migration hits all-time record at 504,000 - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63743259 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63743259
That's enough to make the UK ~40% immigrant in one lifetime (80 years). Given how rare it is for countries to change so significantly so fast, it's fair to say that they already have very liberal immigration. The UK population rose from 63 million in 2011, to 68 million in 2023, despite a below-replacement fertility rate of 1.74 [1].
While it's true that most nations in Europe want lower immigration [2,3,4], such sentiments rarely translate into policy, similar to the US.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
[2] Europeans overwhelmingly against immigration: Poll (2011) - https://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/europeans-overwhelmingly-against-immigration-poll/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/eur...
[3] Europeans Most Negative Toward Immigration (2015) - https://news.gallup.com/poll/186209/europeans-negative-toward-immigration.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/186209/europeans-negative-towar...
[4] Poll reveals great unease among Europeans about migration policy (2022) - https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2022/02/01/poll-reveals-great-unease-among-europeans-about-migration-policy/ https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2022/02/01/poll-reveals-great-...