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PotatoRover t1_ixnkt69 wrote

Seems like a crazy number when compared to the u.s immigration numbers which is generally about twice that but with a population of 320 million. Seems questionable with wages and housing being such large issues currently.

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Superbuddhapunk t1_ixpl13i wrote

Most news outlets bring more details: Half of the number is students, there’s about 150k high skilled (STEM)migrant workers, the rest is consequences of refugee schemes for Ukrainians, Afghans and Hong Kong Chinese. In the case of students it’s an expected surge because universities are reopening now that covid case numbers are low.

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roborobert123 t1_ixp32um wrote

And with such little land. UK must be very crowded.

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Ksh_667 t1_ixp6j46 wrote

No there's plenty of room. The housing & job crisis is nothing to do with immigrants. The uk needs immigrants to keep certain sectors working at all, eg NHS.

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Hattix t1_ixpuoh1 wrote

UK's got empty houses everywhere.

Except they're not "empty houses" they're "property investments".

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