UK set to be top target in EU for migrants
BRITAIN will be the world's third-largest recipient of migrants over the next 40 years, according to a United Nations report published yesterday.
Despite the economic crisis, net immigration is expected to average 174,000 every year up to 2050 – higher than any other country except the United States and Canada.
The arrivals are predicted to swell the UK's population to 72 million by the middle of the century, overtaking Germany (70.5 million) as the biggest country in the European Union.
According to the figures, the US will be by far the biggest net recipient of immigrants between 2010 and 2050, at 1.1 million a year. Canada is set to welcome 214,000, ahead of the UK on 174,000.
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