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In the 2021/2022 census, 16% of UK population was foreign-born. The top 5 countries of origin were India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, and Ireland. [0] In 2022,
by skissane 2y ago
In the 2021/2022 census, 16% of UK population was foreign-born. The top 5 countries of origin were India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, and Ireland. [0]
In 2022, almost 15% of the Netherlands population was foreign-born. The top 5 countries of origin were Turkey, Suriname, Morocco, Indonesia, and the Dutch Caribbean. [1]
So I'm not sure, just looking at the statistics, if it is really true that one country is more diverse in terms of migrants than the other.
And, putting statistics aside, do you really think a country which until recently had a second-generation immigrant Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak, both of whose parents were born in East Africa, of Punjabi descent–and his wife was born in India too), is less diverse than the Netherlands, which has not yet in its history had a Prime Minister who was not ethnically Dutch? And I think if you look at Sunak's cabinet, you will notice it was more ethnically diverse than Schoof's is, or any of Rutte's were – and the current Starmer cabinet is more ethnically diverse than Schoof's as well.
[0] https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/migrants-in-the-uk-an-overview/ https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/mi...
[1] https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/dossier/asylum-migration-and-integration/how-many-residents-have-a-foreign-country-of-origin- https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/dossier/asylum-migration-and-integr...
- dzhiurgis 2y agoSo percentages are nearly same - I feel the immigrant tail in NL is far longer
- skissane 2y agoAs I said, compare the current Netherlands cabinet to the current UK cabinet: Schoof cabinet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet#Cabinet_members https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet#Cabinet_membe... Starmer cabinet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starmer_ministry#Cabinet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starmer_ministry#Cabinet The current UK cabinet contains senior ministers from ethnic minority background, such as David Lammy as Foreign Secretary and Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor. Who are their equivalents in the Netherlands?