A slightly more relevant question is whether the ONS's methodological work on migration statistics and the distribution of those to local areas is up to best practice, or whether they are missing things which RADSTATS members might think are appropriate for some reason or other.
Are the definitions of migration fit for purpose? - they have been talking about supplementing the definition to include temporary migrants intending to work for less than one year.
For those particularly exercised by the word 'Race', much of the comment I have heard in the recent past from local authorities and the like relates to A10/12 migrants who usually get described as 'Other white'.
Of course the local authorities and other bodies such as charities are using the issue as a fundraising cover.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Martin Sewell
Sent: 16 May 2007 11:42
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Subject: Re: dubious migration figures.
At 16:43 15/05/2007 +0100, John Barker wrote:
>Back to the BBC yesterday. On radio and TV we had a government
>spokesman ( I think it was the immigration minister Liam Byrne)
>telling us that immigrants were a great benefit to us as they bought
>in a million (? I was not sure of the actual figure mentioned) per
>day. Although he vaguely mentioned possible problems arising from
>immigration, neither he nor the BBC mentioned that some (e.g.
>Migration Watch) argue that the net benefit of immigration is so
>small as to be of little significance . I note that Radstats members
>do not seem to be concerned at this typical BBC bias.
The Home Office figures (which are best taken with a pinch of salt)
fail to account for negative economic impacts such as the stretching
of infrastructure. The reality is that mass immigration harms the
poor (thanks to political correctness, the left are quite literally
working against themselves).
John and Alan are right; when it comes to immigration, we can't trust
government figures, the BBC are too politically correct to provide
balanced coverage and most of academia are too PC to even mention it.
Martin
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