A RECORD seven million immigrants are working in Britain — holding down one in five jobs, figures show.
The number has rocketed by two million in just the past decade.
GettyA record seven million immigrants are working in Britain[/caption]
It includes 1.4million non-EU workers arriving since the pandemic began while EU-born worker numbers fell by 230,000 to 2.2million, the Office for National Statistics reported.
Robert Bates, from the Centre for Migration Control, said: “It is too easy for businesses to shirk their obligations to the British public and to simply hire cheap labour from overseas.
“This needs to change if we want to build a high-skill, high-wage economy.”
No10 said Sir Keir Starmer believed the numbers were “far too high” and must come down.
The PM said previously that there was an over-reliance on migrants owing to a lack of workplace training for young people.
He claimed the new Skills England body would plug gaps but there was no quick fix.
Alp Mehmet, of Migration Watch, said: “We said in late 2019 that the loose points-based system, introduced in 2021, without a cap, would mean 9million full-time UK jobs being exposed to a massive pool of cheaper foreign workers.
“Jobs here are still open to foreign workers and Labour won’t do anything about it.”
The Centre for Migration Control added: “It is too easy for businesses to shirk their obligations to the British public and to simply hire cheap labour from overseas.
“This needs to change if we want to build a high-skill, high-wage economy.”
PAImmigrants now hold down one in five UK jobs[/caption]
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