06/01/2024
โ Without migrants, we wouldnโt have the NHS
๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ. ๐ช๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ .
Our NHS would collapse without migrants. Almost 20% of the staff in NHS England are from overseas.
Out of 1.5 million NHS staff in England, around 265,000 reported a non-British nationality as of June 2023. Thatโs 45,000 more than the previous year.
Whatโs more, since Brexit, data indicates that the proportion of EU citizens working for the NHS has declined and tapered off, whilst the proportion of Asian migrants working for the NHS has rapidly increased.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป? ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐? ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐.
(My full report can be found at https://eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/01/04/without-migrants-we-wouldnt-have-the-nhs/)
A key reason given by voters for choosing โLeaveโ in the referendum was their feeling that we had too many EU migrants here.
This view was bolstered by the (then) pro-Remain Conservative government and the (then) pro-Remain Labour opposition, who pandered to the view that we had too many EU migrants, instead of robustly challenging that narrative.
So, with anti-immigration sentiments running high and echoed by the British press and the two main parties, Brexit happened.
As a direct result, itโs more difficult for EU citizens to stay or come here; many EU citizens no longer feel welcome here; many have left their employment, in the NHS and other key organisations; many have departed the country.
Since Brexit and the pandemic, net migration of EU citizens to the UK has fallen by almost 70% compared to its 2016 peak.
๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ?
Actually, yes, we did. Who was going to fill those jobs, in the NHS and thousands of companies and organisations across the country, vacated by EU citizens who had made Britain their home?
British workers? Nope. We simply donโt have enough British workers to do all the jobs in Britain.
So, the Conservative government is quietly issuing visas to hundreds of thousands of migrants from other continents to work here, to help replace those EU citizens who left, and to ease record numbers of unfilled job vacancies following Brexit and the pandemic.
And yet, at the same time, the government is loudly pretending to the British public that we donโt need migrants, that we have too many.
Itโs reported by The Guardian that net migration boosted the UK population by a record 745,000 in the year to December 2022, fuelled in part by a surge in overseas professionals arriving to work in the NHS and care homes.
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐!
So, lo and behold, we needed EU migrants here after all. We didnโt have too many.
The bottom line is that Brexit is based on an enormous lie about there being too many immigrants, propagated by even pro-Remain politicians who should have known better.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐.
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โช Read my in-depth feature article about this with sources of evidence: https://eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/01/04/without-migrants-we-wouldnt-have-the-nhs/
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ยฉ Report and graphic Jon Danzig
