Immigration cuts: Londoners and Scots 'more opposed'

[Treffie]

People in London and Scotland are less likely than those in other parts of the country to support cuts to immigration, a survey suggests.

The study by Oxford University's Migration Observatory also suggests that Scots are the most likely to want more immigration.

People in the Midlands and Wales appeared to be most supportive of cuts to immigration.

The government wants to cut net migration to tens of thousands.

However, experts say this will be hard to achieve.

Ipsos Mori surveyed 1,000 people on their attitudes to immigration for the Migration Observatory.

The survey suggests there is a majority in almost all areas of the UK in favour of cuts to immigration.

However, respondents in London, the most densely populated and diverse area of the country, were the least likely to support cuts.

Some 46% of Londoners said they wanted less immigration while a third said it should remain at current levels. Approximately 8% of Londoners said they wanted to see more.

Almost a third of people who live in the capital were born abroad. But the Migration Observatory said the survey found that white British Londoners were less likely to support immigration cuts than white Britons elsewhere.

The survey suggests that in Scotland, the least densely populated mainland area, there was a majority in favour of cuts - but also 20% who wanted a lot more immigration.

The researchers said that because of the way the survey was constructed, the number of Scots who supported a lot more immigration could in theory fall between 11% and 29%.

But even at the lower end of that scale, there was still far more Scots in favour of more immigration than other parts of the UK.

Dr Scott Blinder of the Migration Observatory said: "London and Scotland have lower levels of opposition to immigration than the Midlands and Wales, but this doesn't seem to be clearly related to the number of migrants in any of these places."

In October, the university released other data from the survey suggesting that a majority of people were concerned about categories of migrants that it was most difficult for the government to reduce.

Dr Blinder said the complex results meant it was not a "straightforward slam-dunk" that public attitudes would significantly change if the government hit its targets.

The coalition has pledged to cut net migration from the current level to "tens of thousands" by the end of the Parliament. Official figures show that annual net migration to the UK in 2010 was 252,000 - the highest calendar year figure on record.

Ipsos Mori surveyed 1,002 people between 2 and 8 September for the Oxford study. Approximately 11% of those sampled were born abroad, with British citizens who were born abroad amounting to 5%.



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[Contra Mundum]

Obviously there are a lot of insane people in the UK, because any Brit that doesn't want immigration drastically cut isn't a sane person.

[Libertas]

Obviously there are a lot of insane people in the UK, because any Brit that doesn't want immigration drastically cut isn't a sane person.

Scots are among the most xenophobic of nations so the people surveyed there were only giving politically correct answers.

[Argyll]

Scots being really xenophobic? That sounds great. I've heard, though, that people in Scotland and Ireland are among the most friendly of people.

[Libertas]

Scots being really xenophobic? That sounds great. I've heard, though, that people in Scotland and Ireland are among the most friendly of people.

If you're white.

[Argyll]

If you're white.

Ah, I see. How do they (including Irish) treat non-white foreigners?

[Libertas]

PC laws backed by a super-liberal mass media have the British by the testicles but there is a lot of anti-black and anti-Indo-Pak feeling in Scotland including those Scots of Irish descent.

[Albion]

The survey suggests there is a majority in almost all areas of the UK in favour of cuts to immigration.

Good.

However, respondents in London, the most densely populated and diverse area of the country, were the least likely to support cuts.

Some 46% of Londoners said they wanted less immigration while a third said it should remain at current levels. Approximately 8% of Londoners said they wanted to see more.

Surprised? Hardly.

Those 8% who want to see more are most likely immigrants themselves whilst the 46% are probably mainly white British who are fed up with it all.

found that white British Londoners were less likely to support immigration cuts than white Britons elsewhere.

Because they've been indoctrinated and they're so used to living in a place full of foreigners.

The survey suggests that in Scotland, the least densely populated mainland area, there was a majority in favour of cuts - but also 20% who wanted a lot more immigration.

Because a lot of those 20% haven't seen the full effects of mass immigration.

Scots are among the most xenophobic of nations so the people surveyed there were only giving politically correct answers.

xenophobia must count towards the English only.