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von-Scharnhorst · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 11:09 AM

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Immigrant population swells by 1.4m in five years as British-born residents dwindle

By JAMES SLACK - Last updated at 22:31pm on 9th October 2007

The changing face of Britain was revealed yesterday in official figures showing the immigrant population has risen by almost 1.4 million in five years.
At the same time, the number of British-born residents living in the country has fallen by 500,000.
The result, according to the Office for National Statistics, is that one in every ten people living in Britain was born overseas - up from one in 12 in 2001.
Migrants who have moved here are also having significantly more children - an average of 2.5 per woman, compared to 1.7 for British mothers.
Melting pot: One in ten living in Britain was born overseas, up from one in 12 in 2001.....

The total increase in the population between mid-2002 and mid-2006 was 939,000 - the equivalent of an extra 515 people arriving every day.
This figure did not necessarily represent foreign immigrants because it may have included British-born citizens returning after a period overseas.
But data for a different period - 2001 to 2005 - showed there had been a net growth of 1,387,000 foreign-born residents.
Some 2,258,000 migrants arrived, and 871,000 left. In that period, 503,000 British-born citizens left the country.
Immigrant population swells by 1.4m in five years as British-born residents dwindle | the Daily Mail

O.K. Bad enough.

But I question their numbers.

I, for ONE was NOT asked to register with the police, or immigration, or even the local bloody rat catcher when I left.

So HOW do they know?

I just packed my bags, got on my motorbike, and rode to Berlin.

I put foreward the theory that the figures for those having left the U.K are FAR larger than the "Government" says.

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