Hi, pretty new to this and enjoy reading the posts.

It amazes me reading aobut you lucky people with flights coming up the amount of people emigrating on a seemingly daily basis, has anyone got figures for the amount of people from the UK that go to Australia yearly

Dont have figures but as you can see there are a fair few ! Mostly due to the scum that are coming in I would say. Cant see how Pommie Bastard (a comical poster on BE) can say it is better here than Aus with the amount of politcal correctness and that wonderful world of diversity going on in the UK.

This country has gone down the toilet.

Do you think you are ready to leave the UK then ?

It's about 50,000 a year. There are currently over one million UK born immigrants in Australia - but of course there will be many more that have UK parentage somewhere along their family timeline. About 20% (according to government figures based on official departure records and the 2003 census) return to the UK at some point. It works both ways of course, Australia has one of the largest diaspora's (pool of Australian nationals living abroad) in the world.

I have noticed quite a few Australian dentists and vets here all lovely

Thanks for answers, very interesting especially the 20% returning to UK

Wait till Romania and Bulgaria join the e.u (nothing against them) this country is full enough now but the government will let them in and then put our taxes up to cover them god I'm glad I'm leaving this country sick of working hard and then get shafted by the government

THANKS FOR MY MOAN FANCYFELLA AND THE TRIBE(VICTORIA BOUND SOON)

P.S. YOULL NEVER WALK ALONE

The tax rates over here are higher than in the UK, the shafting doesnt stop because you move house, you just get shafted in a sunnier climate.

Not to mention the bloody immigrants

Keep in mind that the Australian govt doesnt deduct National Insurance directly from your wage. I paid 11% NI on top of 30% tax which evens things out with the Australian deductions. Also, the Aussie employer contributes directly to pensions - not compulsory in the UK.

To the UK or to Aus?

Australia in 2005 - 2006, 97,500 skilled visas. Around 140,000 visas all up, quite high % in relation to the population , concerns have been voiced by the opposition as to the effect of this on australias job market.

Uk migrants made up 10% of that figure on one website 17% on another, no idea which is correct

But the biggest proportion of migrants come from the various regions of asia, all are listed as different regions, but if you add them up, the highest source of migrants.

Bring back Bernard Manning, the country was ace then

The vast majority of people that are moving into the UK (from Eastern Europe etc) are hard-working and/or well educated people who have moved to not only better themselves , but also to fill the many thousands of vacancies for which english people either don't have the skills or are too lazy to fill. Very few of these people want to or intend to rely on benefits .
The real scum of the Uk are some of the low lifes born there who can't be bothered to do any work and spend their lives bleeding the benefits system dry .

The last 'migrant scum' thread had some links, clicking around on them it said 95% of eastern european migrants are working and are not eligible for benefits. Not the impression I would have got from reading some of the theads on this forum.

Some of the comments people make about immigrants are pretty funny considering we are immigrants. Last time there was a 'migrant scum' thread just underneath it was a Uk migrant posting how to leave without paying their debts and another one want advice on frauding UK child benefit. Umm, pot calling kettle black or whatever that saying is

I Agree.

It’ funny how people never look at their own backyard but they are quick to complaint and judge about others when they are doing the same (more or less).

Surely the way UK is heading is not the right path, sure there is plenty of things that are wrong but the Govt should have taken action long ago, but it is never too late.

A “good” example of the law is the Lawyer with a nickname “Mr. Loophole” that always seems to manage to get his clients that committed offences out of jail amongst other things, is it right?. Blame the system.

It isn’t perfect on the other side, but is surely better.