{"id":425,"date":"2007-10-18T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T08:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/2007\/10\/18\/httpwwwbbccoukr\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T08:40:40","slug":"httpwwwbbccoukr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2007\/10\/18\/httpwwwbbccoukr\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration is placing a great strain on the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s new <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.co.uk\/news?q=Migration+Impacts+Forum&amp;hl=en&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=news_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=title\">Migration Impacts Forum<\/a> confirms that mass immigration is placing a huge strain on housing, health, education and policing in virtually all regions of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It claims that immigrants contribute \u00a36 billion a year to the economy; but fails to mention any costs to the British taxpayer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apsoc.ox.ac.uk\/Biographies\/Biography9.html\">David Coleman<\/a>, Professor of Demography at Oxford University, quoted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/articles\/news\/news.html?in_article_id=488011&amp;in_page_id=1770\">Daily Mail<\/a> puts the annual bill to the taxpayer at almost \u00a38.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/profiles.asp\">Sir Andrew Green<\/a>, Chairman of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/\">Migrationwatch<\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/today\/listenagain\/\">interviewed<\/a> about the Forum&#8217;s conclusions on BBC Radio 4&#8217;s <em>Today<\/em> programme this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s new Migration Impacts Forum confirms that mass immigration is placing a huge strain on housing, health, education and policing in virtually all regions of the UK. 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