Exodus and alarm: why people are leaving London in droves

This unprecedented decline in peacetime was driven by a massive exodus of migrants, which had its epicenter in London and which It is linked to Brexit and the covid-19 pandemic, according to several experts.

Near 1.3 million foreigners have left the UK between the third quarter of 2019 and the same period of 2020, according to data from the UK’s Center of Excellence for Economic Statistics (ESCOE). Money, housing and work. These three pillars of immigration cited by ESCOE research they quickly began to turn into a pandemic.

Of this figure, more than half, around 700,000 people left London, normally one of the busiest and most attractive cities in the world.

The evolution of the exodus raise alarms in economic sectors more dependent on European immigration to the UK. The greatest concern occurs in sectors such as agriculture, where 99% of the workforce Seasonal agriculture comes from the EU, according to a House of Commons report.

in this video Inma Gil, of BBC Mundo Explain what is behind this massive exodus.

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