Immigration: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts | General election 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/11/immigration-how-14-years-of-tory-rule-have-changed-britain-in-charts
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Immigration: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts | General election 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/11/immigration-how-14-years-of-tory-rule-have-changed-britain-in-charts
Posted by lookitsthesun
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These graphs are really damning.
We just need a system like Bukele – make it easier for skilled professionals to come and family / marriage (even giving citizenship), etc. and focus on stopping illegal immigration and withdrawing from asylum treaties – turn back the boats to France in the water by force, etc.
> A core part of the plan to cut illegal immigration is the prime minister’s promised deportation flights to Rwanda, a programme that the National Audit Office said would cost about £500m and which has faced several legal challenges including multiple unlawful detention claims.
Jesus Christ. I think you should categorically differentiate between immigrants, students, refugees and aliens instead of number of outsiders coming in. The immigrants vs aliens, students and refugees would be heaven and hell. At this rate, it reads like Ins vs Outs and so many Outs coming in.
So, at the moment the Brexit transition period ends, non EU immigration absolutely sky rockets? By a factor of about seven.
I must have missed the bus they put that on?
The article makes good use of a cumulative histogram – that is quite rare.
What is missing is a more detailed analysis of immigration. EU immigration was typically temporary, often for a few years, only rarely forever. And you can see that the number of EU migrants drops before Brexit is implemented.
Non-EU immigration is different, and usually permanent. Another histogram would be nice to show that, but I am not sure we actually have the data.