A new report suggests that dependents of migrants who came into the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2024 will cost the country’s taxpayers an astonishing $43.5 billion by 2028, due to open border policies enacted by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Under former Prime Minister Johnson, supposedly skilled migrant workers were allowed to bring their dependents to the United Kingdom. Over 533,000 arrived between 2021 and July 2024, despite the government estimating that only 5,000-20,000 would come.
According to the Centre for Migration Control (CMC), the cost is equivalent to the annual income tax payments of around four million British taxpayers. The cost totals factor in both the children of migrants and their adult partners, many of whom do not work when they come to Britain. When migrants enter the country, the government pays more for infrastructure, healthcare, public transport, and other services.
“The legacy of Boris Johnson’s government will forever be the disastrous impact of the ‘Boriswave’ of millions of migrants from Africa and Asia,” Robert Bates, Research Director and founder of the CMC, said.
Last year, another report stated that low-paid migrants cost the British taxpayer nearly $200,000 each by retirement age, rising to over $1 million if they live to 100—countering claims that mass migration helps the economy.
Jobless migrants cost the United Kingdom at least $11.1 billion per year, with around 1.68 million migrants classified as either looking for work or economically inactive.
Both legal and illegal immigration have exploded in Britain in recent years, particularly under previous Conservative Party governments. Estimates suggest that at least one person twelve in London is an illegal immigrant.
