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Post by Dan Dare on Feb 29, 2024 17:47:31 GMT
The latest immigration statistics for the year ending December 2023 have been released today.
The change from the previous year (ending 12/22) for each of the major categories was as follows (all categories include dependents):
Work: 616,000 (+47%) Study: 601,000 (-3%) Family: 98,000 (+20%) Humanitarian: 168,000 (-49%) Overall immigration for 2023 was 1,483,000, a 1% increase from 2022.
The largest increase was in the Work category where the number of migrants and dependents entering on Health and Care visas was up 350%.
The large decrease in Humanitarian is mainly due to a large fall in numbers of Ukrainians (-182,000). On the other hand, the number of asylum seekers granted refugee status increased from 18,000 in 2022 to 62,000 in 2023 a consequence, no doubt, of the backlog clearance exercise aka Rishi's Stealth Amnesty. |
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Post by Dogburger on Feb 29, 2024 18:10:54 GMT
To be honest I would not have been shocked had the numbers been doubled . They lost control of our borders years ago
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 1, 2024 7:49:02 GMT
Obviously not shocking at all for most members here.
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Post by jonksy on Mar 1, 2024 7:51:44 GMT
Obviously not shocking at all for most members here. Do you find this below shocking Dan?
Taxpayer bill for hotels and asylum support hits £5.4 billion as small boat numbers soar.....
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 1, 2024 7:56:32 GMT
Yes. Who wouldn't?
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Post by sheepy on Mar 1, 2024 8:03:53 GMT
The latest immigration statistics for the year ending December 2023 have been released today.
The change from the previous year (ending 12/22) for each of the major categories was as follows (all categories include dependents):
Work: 616,000 (+47%) Study: 601,000 (-3%) Family: 98,000 (+20%) Humanitarian: 168,000 (-49%) Overall immigration for 2023 was 1,483,000, a 1% increase from 2022.
The largest increase was in the Work category where the number of migrants and dependents entering on Health and Care visas was up 350%.
The large decrease in Humanitarian is mainly due to a large fall in numbers of Ukrainians (-182,000). On the other hand, the number of asylum seekers granted refugee status increased from 18,000 in 2022 to 62,000 in 2023 a consequence, no doubt, of the backlog clearance exercise aka Rishi's Stealth Amnesty. Which is a point of view that matters because? |
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Post by Dogburger on Mar 1, 2024 8:43:08 GMT
Obviously not shocking at all for most members here. Do you find this below shocking Dan?
Taxpayer bill for hotels and asylum support hits £5.4 billion as small boat numbers soar.....
I do wish they would stop putting 'asylum' into every sentence when they talk about boat people . These people are illegal immigrants and while this country has a proud record of being a safe harbour for genuine asylum seekers these people aren't it . |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 1, 2024 8:50:17 GMT
Do you find this below shocking Dan?
Taxpayer bill for hotels and asylum support hits £5.4 billion as small boat numbers soar.....
I do wish they would stop putting 'asylum' into every sentence when they talk about boat people . These people are illegal immigrants and while this country has a proud record of being a safe harbour for genuine asylum seekers these people aren't it . I was just reading this article...Its good to see the UK's excuse for a government have got their priorities in order.
Anger as the RAF retires 30 'quick reaction alert' Typhoon jets used to protect Britain from potential attacks by Putin...
And there are now rumours that our strapped for cash RN are making plans to flog our new aircraft carrier.
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 1, 2024 8:56:14 GMT
Between 2018 and 2023 115,000 arrived in small boats; 98% of them are still here.
The 2,800 or so who have been removed were mostly returned in the last year under the bi-lateral agreement with Albania.
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Post by Dogburger on Mar 1, 2024 9:33:03 GMT
I do wish they would stop putting 'asylum' into every sentence when they talk about boat people . These people are illegal immigrants and while this country has a proud record of being a safe harbour for genuine asylum seekers these people aren't it . I was just reading this article...Its good to see the UK's excuse for a government have got their priorities in order.
Anger as the RAF retires 30 'quick reaction alert' Typhoon jets used to protect Britain from potential attacks by Putin...
And there are now rumours that our strapped for cash RN are making plans to flog our new aircraft carrier.
Yes there seems to be a few of these stories about cutbacks in defence ,this one about retiring the older version of the Typhoon has been going on since 2011 with numerous decisions to chop it followed by reprieves .The updated versions are apparently a far superior aircraft (as you would expect) and it shouldn't just be about numbers but capability . The MOD have denied the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales is to be sold  |
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Post by vlk on Mar 1, 2024 14:02:29 GMT
How can anyone be both pro-immigration and worried about the climate change since if the latter then you"d be against any form of increase of the population?
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Post by Dan Dare on Mar 1, 2024 14:08:11 GMT
It's called cognitive dissonance, a psychological condition which arises when a person holds two contradictory beliefs at the same time.
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Post by Orac on Mar 1, 2024 14:11:20 GMT
Do you find this below shocking Dan?
Taxpayer bill for hotels and asylum support hits £5.4 billion as small boat numbers soar.....
I do wish they would stop putting 'asylum' into every sentence when they talk about boat people . These people are illegal immigrants and while this country has a proud record of being a safe harbour for genuine asylum seekers these people aren't it . I think the label 'fraudsters' describes them most accurately |
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