Recent forecasts by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) have sparked a heated debate among politicians and commentators. The ONS predicts a significant population increase in the UK, with an estimated growth of more than 10 percent to 74 million people by 2036, driven predominantly by immigration. This projection suggests that the UK will experience a population boom equivalent to adding a city the size of Newcastle each year, with 92% of this growth attributed to immigration, and net migration reaching 315,000 from 2028. The potential impact of this growth includes exacerbating the housing crisis, with a need for 156,000 new homes annually to accommodate the incoming population. Politicians like Nigel Farage have criticized the current immigration policy as a betrayal of Brexit promises, advocating for a net zero migration policy and warning of 13.7 million migrants by 2036 and at least 6 million new immigrants by 2030. Others express concerns over national unity, cohesion, and the cultural implications of such demographic changes.
"What is about to unfold will make the demographic churn of the last few decades seem tame by comparison." @GoodwinMJ on what Britain will look like in 2036. If we accept this, there won't be a Britain in 2036. https://t.co/JpG8piqsln
Migrant population boom 'will require 156,000 new homes a year' as Tories demand action over inflows projected to add 6.1m to UK numbers by 2036 https://t.co/ioZVkN6zs3 https://t.co/nDFQvkCja7
NEW POST. What Britain will look like in 2036. How the mass immigration revolution will completely transform the country https://t.co/fvp6Iunciv
Nowhere in the housing debate is controlling demand mentioned - only need to increase supply of homes. 6.1m of 6.6m rise in population predicted by 2036 comes from immigration- 92%. You need 156,000 homes a year for people not living here yet. That is unsustainable. Housing… https://t.co/PBm6yeUTdi
'Many millions will move here who we have nothing culturally, historically, and literally nothing in common, and I believe the implications of that on our society are very serious’ The ONS has predicted that by 2036, 13.7 million people will have moved to the UK. @Nigel_Farage https://t.co/pQBeHeE9iW
Migrants will account for 92% of the UK's population boom in the coming years as numbers are set to grow by FIVE Birminghams https://t.co/QVBN4DQq4V https://t.co/cieI3nZ7RT
Nigel Farage warns Rishi Sunak he MUST act on 'unsustainable flow' of immigration. @leokearse @scottcapurro @cressidawetton react to tomorrow's front pages. https://t.co/feFVTFHQrL
So the ONS predicts at least another 6 MILLION new immigrants coming to the UK by 2030. The roads are crumbling, the NHS is on it's knees and this guy thinks we are going to go and fight a war for him. No wonder he is laughing his head off! https://t.co/ZCn1C9LnQb
'I think when it comes to certain religious, cultural and even linguistic differences, then the problem can be enormous' @Nigel_Farage reacts to the news that 13 million people could move to the UK by 2036. https://t.co/vyWco8Fepq
'It's going to be a very different country and I'm not sure it's one we'd welcome' 'I think we are already a very multi-ethnic country, and there is a limit to how fragmented a country can be, ethnically, and still function' Paul Morland reacts to the ONS migration prediction. https://t.co/OviesX9yXG
MASS IMMIGRATION No one voted for it Tories deliberately allowed it @reformparty_uk will punish them brutally for this Brexit betrayal https://t.co/H3NsZ5lk9s
An extra 13.7 million migrants to come here by 2036 according to the @ONS The past 25 years of open border policies suggests they’re right unless things drastically change. We’re already at breaking point and enough is enough! Time for a net zero migration policy. https://t.co/ZSjStbzDQK
Yet more evidence of how ridiculous Britain's post-Brexit immigration policy really is. We were promised high-skill, high-wage, highly-selective, low-cost immigration. Instead we got low-skill, low-wage, non-selective, non-graduate & high-cost immigration https://t.co/9mY88fZaM7 https://t.co/RlJshYXNhO
Politicians advocating open borders deserve to be punished at the ballot box by the U.K. electorate, says @Nigel_Farage. His remarks come after Britain's stats agency estimated the country's population will soar by more than 10 percent to 74 million people by 2036 with the… https://t.co/NzCGjedgaQ
1/ The @ONS forecast that 92% of our population growth (2021-36) will come from immigration. That’s not how you create a united country. From 2028 they forecast net migration at 315,000. This will only deepen the housing crisis. https://t.co/V4trUiaIZ8
Today @ONS forecasts immigration running so hot that the UK will add a city the size of Newcastle each year. This will only deepen the housing crisis. And with 92% of population growth coming from immigration, national unity and cohesion is inevitably strained. The power to… https://t.co/V4trUiaIZ8
The population crisis is rapidly getting worse and damaging the quality of life for everyone. Uncontrolled immigration is happening despite the Brexit vote. Our political leaders deserve to be punished at the ballot box. https://t.co/hIeVR7TIus