Sentences with phrase «higher net migration»

Higher net migration allowed a «more beneficial picture» for public finances than would otherwise be the case, he added.

U.K. based think tank Migration Watch says, however, that for the U.K. immigration is currently, «neither sustainable nor well managed,» and that «High net migration has resulted in rapid population growth.»

Not exact matches

Following five years of policies designed to reduce immigration, quarterly statistics released at the end of August showed net migration reaching the highest level on record, taking the government ever further from its goal of reducing net flows «from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.»

Net migration turned negative in the early 1990s due to high unemployment but gradually increased through the decade as job opportunities improved.

Talking to the Daily Express, the prime minister said «two million people over ten years net migration into the UK was just much, much too high».

But the OBR says this can only be met thanks to high levels of net migration every year, well above the «tens of thousands» target which Mr Cameron has promised before two elections.

Study after study after study has shown no significant pattern of wealthy people moving from high - tax to low - tax states, and no noticeable change in the net migration rates of high earners between US states in the wake of changes in their relative tax rates.

Some reduction seems likely by the time we have the full figures for calendar 2011 (next August) but the key number — net migration — is likely to remain high at about 200,000.

Reasons for this can be explained by overall net migration, with the UAE having one of the highest rates in the world; and the growing working age population, counterbalancing the issue many other countries face of an ageing population.

The study also found that the Western Cape has the lowest percentage of repeat buyers leaving the province as well as by far the strongest net inward migration of repeat buyers from other provinces, which is attributed to its solid economic growth rate and perceptions of a high quality of life.

Housing in California has also become so heated that despite its broad appeal, the state is experiencing net loss in migration, with its high home prices often cited as the key driver.