英國就業前景黯淡 半數年輕人想出國工作

The lack of job prospects in the UK is forcing young people to consider a move abroad to look for work, a survey claims。

More than half of 18 to 25-year-olds questioned said they were 'seriously considering' emigrating。

Australia is the most popular destination followed by Canada and China。

It found that nearly 65 per cent of young people are contemplating relocating abroad, with 52 per cent saying that it was a ‘serious’ consideration。

Adrian Jacob, of Student Currency Exchange, which surveyed 1,982 young people, said: ‘Job prospects in the UK are extremely gloomy for young people with youth unemployment at its highest since records began and things don't look like they're going to improve anytime soon。

‘It makes sense that young people are looking to go where there are more job opportunities and quite probably a better quality of life.’

The findings come after figures recently revealed that more 16 to 24-year-olds are out of work than ever before。

Total unemployment reached a 17-year high, jumping by 27,000 in the three months to January - yet more evidence of the economic slow-down。

The number of young people out of work increased by 30,000 to 974,000, the highest since records began in 1992, with a record rate of 20.6 per cent。

The number of people classed as economically inactive also increased - up by 43,000 to 9.33 million, including 2.3 million looking after a family。

The total claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 10,200 last month to 1.45 million, the biggest reduction since last June。一項調查稱，英國就業前景黯淡，年輕人開始考慮到國外找工作。

年齡在18歲到25歲之間的被調查者有超過一半的人說他們正在“認真地考慮”移民一事。

澳大利亞是最受英國年輕人歡迎的移居地，其次是加拿大和中國。

調查發現，近65%的年輕人正在考慮移居國外，52%的人說他們在“認真地”考慮此事。

開展這一調查的學生外幣兌換機構的艾德里安•雅各布說：“英國年輕人的就業前景十分黯淡，青年失業率達到了有記錄以來的最高點，而且看上去這一情況也不會在短期內有所好轉。”該調查涵蓋了1982名年輕人。

“可以理解，年輕人想去工作機遇多的地方，尋求更好的生活品質。”

在這一調查結果發佈之前，有新數據顯示16歲到24歲的待業青年人數比以往任何時候都多。

失業總人數達到了17年以來的最高點；從去年11月到今年1月，失業人數在三個月內就增加了2.7萬。而且，有更多跡象表明，經濟衰退還將持續。

失業青年人數從3萬增至97.4萬，失業率達20.6%，創下了1992年以來的最高紀錄。

非經濟活動人口增加了4.3萬至933萬，其中包括230萬照顧家庭的人口。

上個月認領求職者津貼的人數降至145萬，減少了1.02萬，這是自去年6月以來的最大降幅。