CIRCLING THE DRAIN:

'Britain 'is suffering an exodus of skilled staff' (Daily Mail, 8th April 2007)

The UK is in the grip of a serious 'brain drain', a leading academic has warned.

Well-educated professionals and managers are leaving the country in droves, according to John Salt, an expert on migration from University College London.

In their place, low-skilled workers from Eastern Europe are flooding in - leading to a 'de-skilling' of the workforce.

Professor Salt's findings will fuel concerns over Labour's opendoor immigration policies.

According to official figures, between 2000 and 2005 a net total of 272,000 Britons emigrated...