1.2m Emigrants Since War
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, April 13. More than 1,200,000 Britons have emigrated since the war, primarily to Australia, Canada and New Zealand, according to the magazine “P.E.P.” The magazine, an independent publication dealing with political and economic planning, devoted an entire issue to Britain and Commonwealth migration. This outflow was said to be causing Britain huge losses in human investment and the drain on skilled labour appeared to be heavy. The magazine said that from the point of view of the Commonwealth as a whole, it was desirable to export technicians to Australia and Canada, and import fewer skilled workers from Ireland and Jamaica. Some gains accrued to the British export trade in the increased demand for goods from Home for British people who had settled overseas. In addition, there were important, though less tangible political benefits to be derived from the rise in the British-minded proportion of the population of the receiving countries.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28254, 16 April 1957, Page 9
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