Council chiefs have recently come out and warned that the emigration boom in Britain is pushing hospitals and schools to their limits. These council chiefs went on to challenge the claims by ministers that three quarters of a million Eastern European emigrants have gone home.

They go on to say that the assumption that emigrants from Poland and Eastern Europe come to Britain only for a short time is wrong, dead wrong. They went on to say that they have now reported evidence that Eastern European couples are settling down to stay with their children in Britain. This is putting a hurt on the schooling system.

The Local Government Association has also condemned the Government’s emigration figures and warned that high and uncounted numbers of residents are putting too much of a strain on services. They point out that these services go far beyond just schools and hospitals. Apparently they claim that these emigrants are putting a strain on everything from liberty services to waste collection.

Four local authorities, which claim to have seen high levels of emigration, said they believe that very few of the 1.5 million Poles and other Eastern European emigrants who came to Britain after 2004 have gone home. Ministers say that 700,000 of those who came to Britain have now left.

Chief executive of Slough, Ruth Bagley, said that they may not be arriving as quickly as they use to, but the anecdotal evidence is that more people are still coming, and they are staying. The typical image is of young men who come for two or three years and then go home. However, their experience is that people establish themselves and build their families in Britain.

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