Immigration halt result in UK debt rise

Putting a halt to net migration would lead to an increase in public sector net debt by £18 billion within five years from now, a new research shows.

According to an analysis of Office for Budget Responsibility data by the Migration Matters Trust, debt would rise from 74 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 187 percent within the next 50 years if net migration to UK were stopped tomorrow.

The report also found that halting net migration would cost every British taxpayer £137,000 in their lifetime.

“Once you set aside the rhetoric and the hyperbole, you’re left with a simple truth – Britain cannot afford to shut its doors to migrant workers,” said director of the Migration Matters Trust Atul Hatwal.

Immigrants will face tougher curbs on unemployment and housing benefits and also access to National Health Service (NHS), under a new crackdown unveiled by the British Prime Minister David Cameron on March 25.

Speaking at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich, Cameron said jobless immigrants from the European Union (EU) will have the government allowance ripped from their hands after six months unless they prove they have been actively looking for a job.