LONDON: Migrants workers in UK have grabbed more jobs in the last two years than the British-born employees, official figures indicated on Monday. Jobs filled by foreigners have increased by about half a million over the period while the number of British-born employees has slumped by 149,000.
Young migrant workers and those over 50 years of age also earn more, on average, than their British counterparts. Latest figures show net immigration had hit its second highest level on record after increasing five-fold under Labour.
And a report by one of the Prince of Wales's official charities said rural communities were struggling to cope with the number of overseas workers descending on them.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the overall level of employment increased by about 320,000 between September 2006 and September this year — up from 29.17 million to 29.49 million.
However, during the two-year period, the number of British workers in jobs fell by 149,000 while the number of migrant employees increased by 269,000. Similarly, in the years since Labour took power, those workers not born in Britain have made up around two thirds of the growth in employment.
Total employment grew by 2.79 million between September 1997 and September 2008 but 62 per cent of that was made up by an increase of 1.7 million migrants in work.
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Poster Comment:
That has been happening in America. People over 50 have been dropping out because they have no work opportunities.
But when Obama passes Amnesty for Illegal Aliens and opens the borders (refuses to enforce immigration and border laws)as he promised to do until Amnesty is passed, the US will be flooded with millions of new workers. 2.5 million new jobs in two years will not put a dent into illegal immigrant unemployment. Native born Americans will get nothing if they don't qualify for an Obama government job.