Why Britons are moving abroad?
WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE BRITAIN PLEASE SWITCH OUT THE LIGHTS. (The Sun) The Suns famous 1992 headline is still valid today in voicing the disillusionment that drives so many Britons to seek new lives abroad. Why do they go and where do they go? And what especially are the attractions of La Belle France? Hard figures are difficult to obtain: the Office of National Statistics does not record destinations of emigrants, and the International Passenger Survey (the UK governments attempt to measure immigration and emigration) has been discredited. However, a count of British passport holders abroad issued by the Foreign Office in 2006 indicated that the most popular destinations in Europe were France and Spain, and that half a million Britons live in the US while more than 600,000 live in Australia. (Daily Mail 03/11/06) There is another side to this story. Although there is a large net outflow, estimates indicate that around half of all British emigrants eventually return home. Many y
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