英国内政部警告：中产专业人才外流_时事

英国内政部警告：中产专业人才外流

英国政府对外来移民人数的限制一直受到商界诟病，后者认为这妨碍了英国本土企业雇用外国专业技能人士为自己工作。

Last week, Lord O’Donnell, the former head of the civil service, urged the UK government to stop “shooting itself in the foot and change its immigration policy to boost economic growth.

上周，英国前内政大臣奥唐奈勋爵(Lord O'Donnell)催促英国政府停止“伤害自己的做法，改变移民政策以推动经济增长。

Over the 2000s, the number of professionals emigrating rose as intra-company transfers increased as a way to advance career prospects.

在本世纪初的十年，由于更多人通过企业内部不同地域间的调动来获得升迁机会，移居海外的英国专业人士在不断增加。

“The traditional ‘expat’ is being replaced by the ‘nomadic’ worker, the report said, adding that this also had consequences for the inward flow of foreign skilled workers to the UK.

报告称：“传统的‘外派员工’正在被‘游牧式’员工所取代。报告还补充道，这一趋势也对外国技术人才流入英国产生影响。

British citizens leaving for a definite job were most likely to go to Australia, the USA and Spain. One in seven British emigrants said they would stay abroad for the “favourable cost of living and the report said most appeared to be making a “lifestyle choice rather than moving mainly for work.