Europe's problem? It's too attractive

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The interests associated with the FT are the ones who make sure that the British government keeps the gate wide open because they want high immigration. I suppose this is the same across Europe.

So it is not surprising that they would paint those calling for a clamp down as xenophobs with an irrational fear and panic...

It is also quite daring for the author to use Indians as an example of the difficulties of getting a British visa in the same week as a UK immigration numbers are reached a new record high with the top country of origin being India (253,000 in 2022).

What would be those interests, an why?

Economic interests (you know... the Financial Times) who want more/cheaper labour, larger consumers base, appreciating property market, etc.

This is not hidden.

If you look at the stats about growth minus net migration in Australia, NZ, Canada, UK they all look pretty sad.

UK is at the bottom of the list tho, if you think UK is high Australia's migration rate per 10k is DOUBLE that.

The growth that matters is per capita. That also removes the incentive to indeed "just add more people" to show GDP growth.

Essentially, the UK is currently using immigration to prop up overall GDP figures and mask that the economy is at best stagnating, but more likely in decline per capita (I.e. People are getting individually poorer)

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