It means 263 houses must go up every day until 2026 – the equivalent of five cities the size of Birmingham during the next 18 years.Four in 10 of all new homes will go to new migrants, a report by Migrationwatch UK claims. Chairman Sir Andrew Green said immigration levels “are 25 times higher than at any time in nearly a thousand years of our history”.
He added: “The economic ‘benefits’ are trumpeted by the Government at every opportunity.
“But very little is ever heard of the costs, such as the huge addition to infrastructure requirements in order to build the millions of homes required for new immigrants.” The extra pressure on schools, transport and health services “will have massive ramifications for everyone living in this country for decades to come”, he added.
Migration into England will grow from 130,000 a year now to 171,500 in 2026, according to the Government’s own projections.
Sir Andrew said the country is already very nearly the most crowded in Europe. “We cannot allow this to continue. Our objective now must be a broad balance between immigration and emigration,” he added.
The growth of the annual influx will see the number of new immigrant households rise from 73,000 now to 96,000 in 2026.
