Net migration to Britain remains at record levels. As reports Reuters, citing data from the National statistical service of the Kingdom, over the past year the population grew by 327 thousand due to the newcomers.
Such high rates are kept for a long time. In 2015, net migration was even a little higher – 336 thousand And this despite the fact that the former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to reduce it to only 100 thousand a year. The inability to reduce the flow of migrants was one of the reasons why in the UK held a referendum on the fate of the Kingdom in the European Union.
It is noted that in recent years has decreased migration from countries outside the EU, but also increased the influx of Romanians and Bulgarians (from 51 to 61 thousand per year).
Currently, the UK employs 2.1 million citizens of other EU countries, which is a record since the accession of the Kingdom to the community.
