Most Jobs In UK Go To Immigrant Workers

17 Aug 2010

Campaigners in UK reveal that immigrants in the UK take up nearly three-fourth jobs in the UK.

As per the data, foreigners in the UK are taking nearly four out of every five new jobs in the UK during the past three year’s period. There are concerns that inspite of having a significant improvement in the job scenario; most of the jobs are gone to the immigrants living in the UK. And this is proving to be a cause of worry for the jobless young people in the UK.

Official data also adds that out of every 10 people taking a new job in the UK in the last three months, around 8 are said to have been born outside the UK. The unemployment number in the UK has actually gone down in the recent times by 49,000.

The yearly analysis reiterates that immigrants are getting a winning edge over the UK born people when it comes to new jobs in the UK. The numbers of jobs for immigrants increased by 114000 while those for UK born workers reduced by 15000.

Another major concern is that several UK born people showed preference for getting unemployment claim rather than earning their livelihood by working in the UK.

It has been noted that 37,000 new workers coming to the UK from India are through intra company transfers. Nearly 77,000 new immigrants were from EU and eligible to get jobs in the UK even without possessing UK work visas.