Immigration figures

[Nearly Sane]

With today's immigration figures release, perhaps worth  wondering if they are accurate


http://tinyurl.com/z3z9axd

[Brownie]

Can't access it without subscribing to the FT, NS.

[Nearly Sane]

Effectively the figures according to the article are little more than a guess. They could be much higher or much lower but the method is seriously flawed in counting both immigration and emigration

[splashscuba]

Immigration figures, without context, are meaningless.

Lets assume they are about right.

So what does this mean for the UK ? Could be good or bad or a mixture of the two. Could affect some regions more than others.

Only people who are xenophobic would look at these figures, in isolation, and see doom.

[jeremyp]

Effectively the figures according to the article are little more than a guess. They could be much higher or much lower but the method is seriously flawed in counting both immigration and emigration

The FT is wrong. The figures are obtained and analysed using rigorous statistical methods. There is uncertainty in them but it is properly quantified.