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UK’S 204,000 PASSPORTS GIVEAWAY
David Cameron has said he wants to cut net immigration to the “tens of thousands”
BRITAIN handed out passports at the “astonishing” rate of almost two every five minutes to make it the most open country in Europe to immigrants.
New research showed yesterday that an incredible 204,000 foreign nationals won British citizenship in 2009 – the highest across the continent.
That is 50 per cent more than second-placed France which let 136,000 become citizens.
It is more than double the 96,000 given the right to become German. Both countries are vastly bigger than the UK.
The figures, from the EU’s statistical wing Eurostat, came in the week the same body released predictions that the UK would leapfrog France and Germany to become the most populated EU country by 2060.
An estimated 79 million ¬people would be crammed in
.
Last night, critics said the statistics confirmed that the UK’s borders had been left wide open by the previous government. They warned Britain’s public services were buckling under the growing strain.
Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...#ixzz1OxydmNDk
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UK’S 204,000 PASSPORTS GIVEAWAY
David Cameron has said he wants to cut net immigration to the “tens of thousands”
BRITAIN handed out passports at the “astonishing” rate of almost two every five minutes to make it the most open country in Europe to immigrants.
New research showed yesterday that an incredible 204,000 foreign nationals won British citizenship in 2009 – the highest across the continent.
That is 50 per cent more than second-placed France which let 136,000 become citizens.
It is more than double the 96,000 given the right to become German. Both countries are vastly bigger than the UK.
The figures, from the EU’s statistical wing Eurostat, came in the week the same body released predictions that the UK would leapfrog France and Germany to become the most populated EU country by 2060.
An estimated 79 million ¬people would be crammed in
.
Last night, critics said the statistics confirmed that the UK’s borders had been left wide open by the previous government. They warned Britain’s public services were buckling under the growing strain.
Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...#ixzz1OxydmNDk
Never mind though LWL should be happy with this news
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