The Pros And Cons Of Migration To The UK

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According to a research by the UCL Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), European people who migrated to the United Kingdom have paid more in taxes than they received in benefits.
Central findings of an analysis by Professor Christian Dustmann and Dr Tommaso Frattini are that European immigrants who arrived in the UK since 2000 have contributed more than £20 billion to UK public finances between 2001 and 2011. They even have invested the country with productive human capital that would have cost the UK £6.8 billion in spending on education.

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