UK faces uphill task in cutting immigration, says think tankPost by Cameron Davidson on 30th December 2010 in Industry news, Immigration That’s the conclusion of a study by the think tank the
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which says that this will make it
difficult for Prime Minister David Cameron to achieve any great progress
towards meeting his pledge to cut the number of net migrants undertaking
international moving to the UK to “tens of thousands” by 2015.
Figures released in November 2010 showed that net migration
to the UK had reached 215,000 in the previous 12 months, the Daily Telegraph
reported.
But the IPPR contends that there will be a number of
obstacles to getting a significant start on achieving Mr Cameron’s objective.
With the British economy outperforming those of other EU
countries, it says, the UK is an attractive destination for would-be
international movers.
“Reducing net migration by more than half would be a
challenging task for any government, at any time,” the IPPR said.
“But it is made harder in the UK by the fact that government
has no (or limited) control over some major immigration flows.”
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