Migrants get 2 in 3 new jobs

By DAVID WOODING
August 10, 2007

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TWO-thirds of jobs created under Labour have been taken by immigrants, Government figures revealed yesterday.

More than 1.5million foreigners who have entered the UK in the last ten years are now in work.

The number could be even higher, as the figures do not cover those in short-term housing — estimated at about 250,000.

The number of people in full-time work has risen by 2.5million since 1997 — with 61 per cent of these being newly-arrived foreigners.

The stats come two months after PM Gordon Brown promised “British jobs for British workersâ€