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East European immigrant influx slows
One million immigrants from Eastern Europe have arrived in Britain since 2004 and half of them have already returned home, a report showed.
- Reuters
- Published: 20:48 April 30, 2008
London: One million immigrants from Eastern Europe have arrived in Britain since 2004 and half of them have already returned home, a report showed.
A think-tank study also suggested the arrival of immigrants from 10 new European Union members would slow as economic conditions improved in their home countries.
"Migration from the new EU member states has happened on a staggering scale but seems to have been largely positive for all concerned," said Danny Sriskandarajah, co-author of the report for the Institute for Public Policy Research.
"It is a question of when, not if, the great east European migration slows. With fewer migrants in and more migrants out, the UK seems to be experiencing turnstiles, not floodgates."
Its findings highlighted the gulf between the cross-border flow and initial predictions.
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