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Record numbers leave the country for life abroad

The number of people leaving Britain to live abroad reached a record high of 400,000 last year, an increase of 41,000 on 2005, according to figures published by the Office of National Statistics yesterday.

The statistics show that 207,000 were British citizens, with most going to Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain or the United States. The rest of the 400,000 were non-British and had been in the UK for more than one year.

The annual international migration figures confirm that an estimated 591,000 people arrived to live in the UK for at least a year in 2006, giving a net inward flow of 191,000, down from the record high of 244,000 estimated for 2004.

It is the first time the annual number of British emigrants has exceeded 200,000.

The largest group of new immigrants were from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, outnumbering those from Poland and other EU states. Work remains the most reported factor for immigrants, but those arriving to study for at least a year reached a new high of 157,000.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/nov/16/emigration

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Originally posted by piratenews:


The statistics show that 207,000 were British citizens, with most going to Australia,

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Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
Not exactly millions and they are mostly going to another subject nation. Still, counting was never your strongpoint was it Tennesee?

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Not exactly millions and they are mostly going to another subject nation. Still, counting was never your strongpoint was it Tennesee?

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Subject Nation? Australia is not really a dependent of the UK. If you leave the UK for Australia, how is that any different then leaving the UK for the US?

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Not exactly millions and they are mostly going to another subject nation. Still, counting was never your strongpoint was it Tennesee?

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Subject Nation? Australia is not really a dependent of the UK. If you leave the UK for Australia, how is that any different then leaving the UK for the US?

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Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Originally posted by Fletch2:
Well they are both Commonwealth nations, so in theory if you go to Oz you become an Australian subject of her Madge. If as PN suggests the idea is to escape Liz then that doesn't work very well.

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Originally posted by Fletch2:
It's implied in the title.

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
If you leave the UK for Australia, how is that any different then leaving the UK for the US?

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Don't bother. Olden is a fly-by shit writer. You will get nothing else but a fucking dumb comment

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Takes one to know one cheeky-chops.

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Not exactly millions and they are mostly going to another subject nation. Still, counting was never your strongpoint was it Tennesee?

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Subject Nation? Australia is not really a dependent of the UK. If you leave the UK for Australia, how is that any different then leaving the UK for the US?

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I don’t think the Queen is really his issue.

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Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
It is'nt since you are both parts of the British Empire (according to PN).

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