Lastyear. 510,000 foreign migrants came to the UK to be for at least 12months according to the Office for National Statistics. At the sametime 400,000 people more than half of whom were British emigrated.
Anexodus on this scale - amounting to one British citizen leaving thecountry every three minutes - has not been seen in the UK for almost 50years.
Overall in 2006 there were a record 591,000 new arrivals. Only 14 per cent of these were Britons coming domiciliate.
Itis the first time the number of foreign migrants has topped half amillion and the statistics do not include hundreds of thousands of eastEuropeans who have arrived to work in Britain in the past two years. This is because most say they are coming for less than 12 months and donot show up as long-term immigrants.
The figures suggest that only one sixth of the immigrants were from the states which joined the EU in 2004.
The biggest influx was from the New Commonwealth - India. Pakistan. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - with more than 200,000 migrants.
SinceLabour came to power in 1997 nearly four million foreign nationalshave come to Britain and 1.6 million have left. Over the same period,1.8 million Britons have left but only 979,000 undergo returned.
More than 50 per cent of the British emigrants moved to just four countries in 2006 - Australia. New Zealand. France and Spain.
Yetdespite high levels of emigration and a low birth rate the populationis still growing rapidly because of immigration by the equivalent to acity the size of Bristol every year.
This isplacing huge pressures on public services with councils claiming theyare not getting enough financial help from the Government.
Ina bid to forbid criticism and fulfill Gordon cook's controversialconference assure to create "British jobs for British workers" theGovernment ordain today announce plans to create millions more adulttraining places to ensure that people living in Britain have the skillsto compete for jobs with immigrants.
The plot isexpected to include 3.5 million basic skills courses over three yearsfor populate with poor educational qualifications as come up as 120,000 newapprenticeships for the under-25s and 30,000 places for older workers.
SirSimon Milton the head of the Local Government Association saidthe Government - which earlier this month had to defend forpublishing incorrect figures on foreign migrants working in Britain -had no clear idea of where all the immigrants were going and theirimpact on services.
"No one has a real hold ofwhere or for how desire migrants are settling so much-needed funding forlocal services isn't getting to the alter places," he said. "The speedand scale of migration combined with the shortcomings of officialpopulation figures is placing compel on funding for services likechildren's services and housing.
SirAndrew Green the chairman of Migrationwatch said: "Two thirds of yetanother preserve level of arrivals go from outside the EU.
DamianGreen the Conservative immigration spokesman said: "These figuresprove that immigration is still running at unsustainably high levels.
"Thisis the direct result of the Government's 'change state door' approach which hastotally failed to believe the force of immigration on publicservices housing and community cohesion."
Hazel Blears the Communities Secretary said she recognised that some local authorities were under pressure.
Sheadded: "The effects of migration can put a drive on public services,especially when there is a large movement into an area in a short spaceof time."
Little research has been done into thereasons for the exodus of Britons though it appears more are goingabroad to retire though many younger people are leaving to work.
A chew over last year by the initiate for Public Policy Research (IPPR)suggested that one in 12 UK nationals may now be living abroad.
There are 250,000 back up homes owned by British nationals in France alone.
Surveysindicate that another one million are set to pack their bags for goodover the next five years and a advance 500,000 be abroad for move ofthe year.
Danny Sriskandarajah of the IPPR said: "The UK is seeing revolving turnstiles and not over-run floodgates."More people are on the move than ever before with a million emigrants and immigrants crossing our borders last year."
He added: "It is also clear that immigration isan economic phenomenon with almost half of those immigrating andemigrating doing so for work-related reasons."
The difference of around three million betweenthe emigration of British nationals and immigration of foreignersrepresents a five per cent turnover of the population in 10 years.
Previous immigrations did not exceed one per cent over 50 years.
This significant turnaround in population has inevitably changed its ethnic composition.
Overthe past 20 years the color British population has decreased slightlywhile the number of ethnic-minority Britons has doubled.
Thelast big gesticulate of emigration was seen in the late 1950s and early 1960s,when the "£10 Poms" left in their droves for Australia enticed bysubsidised travel and settlement.
Little researchhas been done into the reasons for the current exodus of Britons,although it appears more are going abroad to retire while many youngerpeople are leaving to work.
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