Letter: Five facts about immigration worth knowing

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With all the protests taking place outside asylum hostels - it is perhaps worth remembering the following facts:

1) 26% of NHS doctors are foreign-born. The BMA advises that without immigrants "many NHS services would struggle to provide effective care".

2. Almost 5.5 million British people live permanently abroad.

3. Immigrants are 60% less likely to claim benefits than a British-born person.

4. Between 1995-2011, EU immigrants contributed £8.8 billion more than they gained.

5. Most studies suggest that immigration has no significant effect on overall employment, or British unemployment.

NHS doctor
Liverpool

(name withheld)