How true?
Sep 2nd 2007, 7:42 pm
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How true?
Here's another good article on migration:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
Why seeking a new life abroad won't always mean the grass will be greener
A wet and rainy summer, flash floods, a new dose of bad news most days, stealth taxes, a spate of gun and knife crimes and suddenly it seems that half the population of Britain wants to head off to the sun - for good.
The official figures tell the story. Longterm migration from the UK reached 385,000 in the 12 months to July last year, the highest figure since 1991.
Where are all these disillusioned citizens heading?
Mainly to Australia, which already has 1.3 million former British residents, whingeing away because the Aussies won't stop calling them "whingeing Poms"; or Spain, which hosts 761,000 in ghettos on the various Costas; to the U.S. (678,000 scattered all over the country) and to France, with 200,000 mostly in Normandy and Brittany, which is odd considering the climate there could best be described as English.
(more) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
Why seeking a new life abroad won't always mean the grass will be greener
A wet and rainy summer, flash floods, a new dose of bad news most days, stealth taxes, a spate of gun and knife crimes and suddenly it seems that half the population of Britain wants to head off to the sun - for good.
The official figures tell the story. Longterm migration from the UK reached 385,000 in the 12 months to July last year, the highest figure since 1991.
Where are all these disillusioned citizens heading?
Mainly to Australia, which already has 1.3 million former British residents, whingeing away because the Aussies won't stop calling them "whingeing Poms"; or Spain, which hosts 761,000 in ghettos on the various Costas; to the U.S. (678,000 scattered all over the country) and to France, with 200,000 mostly in Normandy and Brittany, which is odd considering the climate there could best be described as English.
(more) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
Sep 2nd 2007, 8:02 pm
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Re: How true?
that figure includes non-UK citizens returning to their country of origin - the number of UK citizens is something like just over half of that, which also includes people who are only going abroad for a finite period (fixed contracts etc), as well as people who intend to emigrate for good.
Sep 2nd 2007, 8:29 pm
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Re: How true?
Here's another good article on migration:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
Why seeking a new life abroad won't always mean the grass will be greener
A wet and rainy summer, flash floods, a new dose of bad news most days, stealth taxes, a spate of gun and knife crimes and suddenly it seems that half the population of Britain wants to head off to the sun - for good.
The official figures tell the story. Longterm migration from the UK reached 385,000 in the 12 months to July last year, the highest figure since 1991.
Where are all these disillusioned citizens heading?
Mainly to Australia, which already has 1.3 million former British residents, whingeing away because the Aussies won't stop calling them "whingeing Poms"; or Spain, which hosts 761,000 in ghettos on the various Costas; to the U.S. (678,000 scattered all over the country) and to France, with 200,000 mostly in Normandy and Brittany, which is odd considering the climate there could best be described as English.
(more) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
Why seeking a new life abroad won't always mean the grass will be greener
A wet and rainy summer, flash floods, a new dose of bad news most days, stealth taxes, a spate of gun and knife crimes and suddenly it seems that half the population of Britain wants to head off to the sun - for good.
The official figures tell the story. Longterm migration from the UK reached 385,000 in the 12 months to July last year, the highest figure since 1991.
Where are all these disillusioned citizens heading?
Mainly to Australia, which already has 1.3 million former British residents, whingeing away because the Aussies won't stop calling them "whingeing Poms"; or Spain, which hosts 761,000 in ghettos on the various Costas; to the U.S. (678,000 scattered all over the country) and to France, with 200,000 mostly in Normandy and Brittany, which is odd considering the climate there could best be described as English.
(more) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...0&in_a_source=
How many long-term expats on here have said that?
Sep 2nd 2007, 10:50 pm
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Re: How true?
These sort of figures never seem to include the number of Brits who return to the UK.
Sep 2nd 2007, 10:59 pm
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Re: How true?
that figure includes non-UK citizens returning to their country of origin - the number of UK citizens is something like just over half of that, which also includes people who are only going abroad for a finite period (fixed contracts etc), as well as people who intend to emigrate for good.
Sep 3rd 2007, 4:31 pm
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Re: How true?
Read Tirra Lirra by the River, a novel by Jessica Anderson. Although it dates from the late 1970s and so is now 30 years old - and is talking about times before that - it is nevertheless an interesting and poignant study of a woman who is in just that predicament. Worth seeking out if you have ever wondered about this question...
