Britain has become the laughing stock of the world with a new international report which reveals that the percentage of new jobs here which have been taken by those born overseas is the highest of any of the major economies.

More than seven out of ten jobs created in the last ten years from March 1997 to March 2007 have been taken by those born overseas, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed in a report released yesterday.

The OECD said employment in Britain had risen by about two million jobs over that period, but almost 1.5 million of this was accounted for by persons born abroad.

This translates to 71 percent of all jobs having gone to foreigners. In France, it made up less than 20 percent of the total, and in Ireland and Australia less than 30 percent.

Only the tiny country of Luxembourg (population 486,000) saw more of its new jobs taken by migrant workers, the OECD said.

Even the United States of America, which is being invaded by untold millions from Mexico and Latin America, only lost 58 percent of all new jobs to foreign-born.

Around 30 percent of all foreigners arrived in Britain on intra-company transfers, the OECD said. The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK.

The companies did not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible two-year extension after which they can apply for permanent settlement.

Last year it was revealed that one of the biggest importers of such immigrants was the Indian IT industry, with one company in particular bringing in over 11,000 persons per year.

The OECD figures do not include the 151,635 work permits given to non-EU nationals since March 2007 – a figure which has undoubtedly contributed to the rising unemployment rate of British workers. Unemployment rose by 290,000 from 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008.

So much for Gordon Brown’s “British jobs for British workers” claim which has turned out to be yet another lie.