Settled, industrious, essential: it’s time we saw immigration as a British success story | Martha Gill

toAST week some amazing numbers have reached addresses. If the National Statistics Office is correct, the net deportation will add five million people to these islands within a decade. This will explain almost all population growth at the time, which leads us to up to up 72.5 million by 2032.

Is it good or bad news? The reaction of many commentators with the alert was already a great deal of pressure on housing, education and health services. But others love the idea. They point out that births are located all over the world, and that Britain, like other countries, is scheduled to increase over time. We will eventually live outside the skilled life of youth from abroad, who will compete for anyone else.

But how will the audience respond? there It is not a direct answer There, too. The opposition of the newcomers has eased in recent years, even as their numbers have risen, although there is an increase in anxiety again in 2023. But here is a counter -residence: last week, seven surveys of separate surveys witnessed reform before the Conservative Party. The appeal adapter in reform is a Stance.

The real answer to both questions is: that depends. Whether the immigration is good, bad, bearing or unpopular, it tends to link with a distinguished factor from the title numbers. Politicians speak Levels From immigration. But this is skating on a more important question: How much is the integration of newcomers into the economy, and in British life itself?

The British are interested in complementarity, which can make their positions seem inconsistent when asking them about Internet numbers. Responded by opinion pollsWe say that immigration is very high, but when it comes to individual groups of immigrants – those who flee the war, those who come to study, transport workers, service workers, fruit forums, artists, teachers, and nurses – it turns out that we would like them to stay, or even arrival In larger numbers. We also tend to continue the immigrants we know. This is not as well as it is accurate. When immigrants make value and mix in societies, everyone benefits. On the occasions they do not do, problems can arise.

Fortunately for us, there are some reasons that we must hope for the next appearance in the new arrivals. Integration is one of the largest success stories in Britain: We excel in stability in expatriates. Touching this topic means that we do not feel a lot of noise on this. We must.

Let’s start with employment rates, which for immigrant men of work age Stand by 82 %Top men born in the UK, by 78 %-although for women, they are back from two degrees Celsius less than the newborn. Other places are less successful: employment rates for people born abroad in the European Union Delay. There are many fields that migrants excel as well, which offers a big boost to the economy. A study of 2023 % 39 % of 100 companies found the fastest growth in Britain You have an immigrant founder or co -founderAlthough the group constitutes only 14.5 % of the population.

Education is another reason to be proud of our new expatriates. Sam Friedman, an expert in education policy, indicated that in a recent study of PISA for 15-year-old PISA is the international evaluation program for the evaluation of international students-the UK was the only European country unlike Serbia where immigrants of the second generation of the second generation Better performance than immigrants. Meanwhile, 58 % of Bangladesh students go on free school meals to the university, compared to only 16 % of their white white equations.

What about social integration? This is also a positive story. Between 1991 and 2021, Each ethnic group has become less separateIncluding white British. And not only in our large capital centers, but in small cities and suburbs, where the population of the population is increasing faster. There are also an increasing number of mixed families-from 9 % to almost 2001 15 % of multiple homes in 2021This is partly due to the explosive growth of dating applications and room fellow. People born abroad An actress is an exclusive representative in the UK prison system. Not so in a large part of the rest of the world.

What is our secret? Language is part of it. We are lucky because a lot of the world speaks English and we can get a selection of talent. Once here, people merge it much faster. Another advantage is the flexible labor market, compared to the rest of Europe, where the bureaucracy can stand in the way of people born abroad who join the power of wages. A third is our position. The European Social Survey for 2023 finds that, next to Norway, we The least likely European country Saying that immigration makes our country a worse place to live in.

There is a large space for improvement. We also import many problems, including cultural biases and religious extremism. Although the separation is low, it still causes problems. We are particularly bad in dealing with asylum seekers, who stop working during an endless time we take it to sort their cases. During, Small boat crossings riseWhile the numbers of international students have decreased – put pressure on universities, which are increasingly Dependence on their fees. Cardiff University announced last week that it was Cut 400 jobs.

We need to address these problems and build on our interest. Talking about integration, not just internet numbers, will be the beginning. It will be good too, if politicians can refrain from exaggerating immigration operations. Last week, Kimi Badnosh blamed “Lack of integration“As for the crimes of the comprehensive killer in Southport Axel Rodakobana – a claim there is no evidence. This type of discourse will not harm integration, and restore us.