A Million Jobs Taken By Non EU Workers

A million workers from outside the EU have taken jobs in Britain since Labour came to power, according to official analysis.
Although they have no automatic right to work in this country, they have filled almost half of all the jobs created since 1997.
The scale of employment among non-EU migrants was revealed to MPs by the Office for National Statistics.
Gordon Brown, who earlier this year pledged 'British jobs for British workers', has faced difficulties in recent months with growing resentment over jobs going to competitors from EU countries.
But the latest breakdown shows that since 1997 workers from outside Europe have taken jobs at nearly double the rate of EU workers – including Poles and other Eastern Europeans given the right to work in Britain in 2004.
The figures were published by Karen Dunnell, the National Statistician and ONS chief whose determination to make the latest information on immigration and employment available has brought a wave of criticism from ministers.
They show that between December 1997 and last year the number of jobs held by workers born outside the country went up by 1,759,000, of which 1,084,000 were filled by people born outside Europe.

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