Emigration trend likely to grow

The number of UK residents who are likely to opt for a move abroad is likely to continue to grow, it has been claimed.

Dave Isley, head of NatWest Personal Banking, stated that the "globalisation of companies" and the increased ease of travel between destinations were major factors in this trend.

He noted that emigrants often found it easier to assimilate themselves into English-speaking communities.

Mr Isley stated: "They're moving from the UK because the opportunities that they've been given to work abroad are there."

He added that there were a lot of people who were deciding to expatriate, asserting that "it's a pattern that I think is increasing".

NatWest's Quality of Life Survey found that almost half of those who had moved to Canada from the UK felt that they had lost some of their sense of Britishness.

This contrasted with a number of non-English speaking countries such as Singapore, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates where zero per cent felt this way.

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