Critics have described Britain as a “magnet for migrants”, as new figures reveal a rise in the number of immigrants registered to work in the UK. In total, there are 824,153 people from overseas who have National Insurance numbers.
The Department for Work and Pensions have also revealed the dramatic increase in the number of people given the legal right to work in the UK. In March 2015, there were 152,363 Romanians able to work in the UK and40,476 from Bulgaria. The third highest were workers from Italy.
Alp Mehmet, the vice- chairman of MigrationWatchUK stated, “We [Britain] are a magnet for poor people whose circumstances are woefully below ours and are totally wretched. That is the reason why people are looking for a country where their lives can significantly improve.”
