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Now that BoJo's no longer a columnist, and the data has been released, The Telegraph can be a bit more candid about the very high levels of immigration that have arisen post Brexit.

How the ‘Boriswave’ of 4.2m migrants will shape Britain for generations

Following a post-Brexit surge in immigration, new figures reveal the long-term fiscal and social cost of low-skilled arrivals

On Dec 31 2020, a line was drawn under half a decade of political turmoil and deep societal division, as the UK formally stepped away from the European Union.

Immigration, which for years has been largely dictated from Brussels, could start to fall to levels promised by consecutive Conservative governments.
Instead, the new year would mark the start of the single greatest mass movement of people to the UK in history.

Between 2021 and 2024, some 4.2 million people entered the country as the UK opened its doors to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongese and Ukrainians, and lowered entry barriers for workers and students. Meanwhile, thousands of small boats were landing on Britain’s shores.

Now, half a decade later, the finer detail of official data released in recent days shows how those migrants are shaping British society – and how they will do so for decades to come...

Migrants who arrived in 2021 will, over the course of this year, become eligible for indefinite leave to remain. This status, which kicks in five years after first arriving on most work visas, will mean that if a series of criteria are met, they will be eligible to access welfare payments, childcare vouchers and the NHS without paying a health surcharge.

The numbers are significant. For the workers who arrived in 2021, some 125,029 still remained in the country at the end of last year. That’s twice the number of people who became eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain from the previous year’s cohort...

But over the next few years, up to 1.2 million Boriswave migrants will become eligible for indefinite leave to remain. The impacts will be profound.
Low-wage, low-skill migration could, in the long term, cost the country far more than the short-term gain of plugging labour gaps.

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