SHORTLY after assuming power the British Prime Minister and his Immigration Minister, Mr Damian Green had made their intentions clear that they would reduce immigration from non-European Union countries, but recent official figures do not endorse their claims.

If the figures are to be relied between April and June this year, 37,000 Indians went to Britain for work. It is also indicative of the fact that Indian professionals have skills that are much in demand in Britain. Significantly between April and June, 186,000 people joined in Britain, of which 145,000 were foreigners and 41,000 British. These figures point to the fact that there is no significant dearth of employment in the UK and also Britain has not succeeded in producing its own native talent to fill in the vacant posts. More than half of the foreign workers, around 77,000, came from within the EU, who have the right to work in Britain. And of those who came from outside the EU more than half–around 37,000–are from India. That they could get jobs in Britain also makes it clear that the UK companies are in dire need of trained professionals. Undoubtedly this would make the UK rulers sit up and ponder what went wrong. But the fact is for reconstruction of UK it is imperative that it should have a re-look at its revised immigration policy. It also points to the fact that the government’s approach and policy are working as these are away from the realities. The fact remains that the companies are hiring though recession, job cuts and unemployment continue to be described as ‘astounding’ by MPs.