UK immigration from Eastern and Central Europe falls

[pampango]

Source: BBC

The number of immigrants entering the UK from Central and Eastern Europe has continued to fall, according to the latest figures.

Provisional numbers from the Office for National Statistics suggest the number of people from these countries fell by a third in the year to June 2009.

There were 68,000 new arrivals from the new European Union states, compared with 100,000 in the year to June 2008.

Figures show there was little change in long-term immigration or emigration.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8536194.stm

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My first thought was that this decline in immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe might take away one of the issues (identity nationalism) that the BNP uses. However, if total immigration figures are "little change(d)", there may be more immigrants coming from South Asia and Africa. Given the BNP's desire to "restore the overwhelmingly white ethnicity of Britain" an increased influx of Asians and Africans will add fuel to their fire.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Not necessarily more from South Asia and Africa

as our government has now clamped down firmly on both bogus student visas and the ability of students to bring family with them.

Reduction in the number of immigrants entering the UK from Central and Eastern Europe was probably inevitable. If you think about it if the rate never dimished they'd all land up in the UK eventually - an unlikely event.

As far as I'm aware "identity nationalism" refers to maintaining the UK's own historic culture as adopted by both the large Caribbeen part of the population from the mid '50s under the assisted passage scheme and those of South Asian origin who came in the escape Idi Amin's antics in the 1970's.

[T_i_B]

2. Anti-immigrant types just whine and moan whatever the stats.