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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
The migrants from the EU were unquestionably a net positive. If the governments of the day didn't see fit to properly invest the financial returns from their working and paying their taxes here that was their failing.
EU migrants were, for the most part, young, healthy and childless. They worked, paid taxes, drew relatively little out.
The same can't be said for large groups of migrants from Southern Asia, emigrating here as hangovers from the Empire days. They're the ones who you alluded to as demanding that the country accommodate them. The most Polish tended to want was a sklep that sold their exotic sausages and Tyskie to wash them down.
Guess which group Brexit doesn't impact?
Oops.
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You raise an interesting point. Brexit was partly won by people who wanted zero or much reduced net migration. The EU was the target for this ill but, looking at the figures on MigrationWatch:
Net Migration Statistics
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EU net migration is currently 184,000 compared to 188,000 from outside the EU.
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This "other" net migration was not discussed, from memory, but as you point out is likely to be a bigger issue for the UK. The irony ..