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Originally Posted by danielf
What's more, as was linked to earlier, Brits are excessively concerned about immigration compared to European counterparts with higher levels of immigration. Altogether, it's hard to escape the impression of a xenophobic lot of whinging POMs that simply want more for less money. There. I've said it  |
Doesn't history account for some of that though.The European continent has been open for migration for far longer than Britain and it was easier since it is 1 land mass .We are an island nation and in past centuries mass migration usually equated to conquest or at least war ,maybe it's just a lingering effect of being an island nation used to having to protect itself ...or it could be that we are just a bunch of whinging poms wanting more for less ..as is our god given right i might add
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Originally Posted by danielf
According to the survey quoted by Mark Easton (available here) the proportion of immigrants relative to total population in the 8 countries surveyed is as follows:
Canada: 20.2%
USA: 13.7%
Germany: 12.9%
Spain: 12.2%
Netherlands: 10.9%
UK: 10.8%
France: 8.4%
Italy: 7% |
whichever figures you look at (and those you supplied are probably more upto date) the UK is not top of the list for migration ,in fact comparing the 2 lists the UK has dropped a few places