Nobody’s saying it, so I have to.
Here we go.
Immigration facts #1
The positive net fiscal contribution of recent immigrant cohorts (those arriving since 2000) from the A10 (“accession”) countries amounted to almost £5bn, while the net fiscal contributions of recent European immigrants from the rest of the EU totalled £15bn.
Recent non-European immigrants’ net contribution was likewise positive, at about £5bn.
Over the same period, the net fiscal contribution of native UK born was negative, amounting to almost £617bn.
University College, London Nov 2014