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Originally Posted by Damien
Do you have ay statistics to say the majority are doing this? I have no doubt there are a minority that are, but I kinda think that the majority will stay in this country or at least give the same back. If they back quick enough they won't have been much of a drain on the country and properly contributed a net gain...
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So you believe the majority of short term seasonal agricultural workers are aiming to stay for the rest of their natural lives in this country picking tulips etc. in the fields of cambridgeshire/lincolnshire from early morning until late evening?
Here are a few links to statistics about the net benefit of
ALL immigrant workers to this country, not just seasonal agricultural workers:
http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/faqs.asp
http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/Brie...DP_perhead.asp
http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/Brie...to_the_hol.asp
http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/Brie...mmigration.asp
So the net gain of immigrant labour to the country is the equivalent of about 4p per head per week. Now that's all immigrant workers, including highly skilled ones, so where does that leave the guys living miles away from a town on a farm and picking fruit/flowers from dusk 'til dawn. Bet they don't contribute too much.