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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Separate figures, published by the OECD, show that almost 1.3million Britons with university-level education are living abroad, more than any other developed economy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...ent-drain.html

Indeed. It's very unfortunate. They are now contributing to those economies rather than the one which educated them.

If you could explain the relevance of emigration of highly skilled Britons to unskilled economic immigrants to the UK that'd be great.

You seem to be trying to set up a straw man involving little Englanders and dislike of all immigrants. Even UKIP don't oppose all migration. They just want a points based system and work permits, which seems quite reasonable.

Canada is hardly famed for xenophobia. Try migrating there if you're unskilled. Try getting a permit to work there if there are Canadians who could do the job.

We have businesses screaming about a lack of skills despite record migration figures. Clearly the migration we are getting is not what our economy needs.