Amidst efforts by the David Cameron government to reduce immigration from non-European Union countries, new official figures have astounded many by disclosing that between April and June this year, 37,000 Indians came to Britain for work. The figures by the Office of National Statistics put a question mark on efforts by Immigration Minister, Damian Green, to place an annual camp on non-EU workers who could come to the UK for employment. Between April and June, 186,000 people started work in Britain, of which 145,000 were foreign and 41,000 were British. More than half of the foreign workers of about 77,000 came from within the EU, who have the right to work in Britain. Of those who came from outside the EU more than half - 37,000 - came from India, indicating that Indian professionals have skills that are much in demand in Britain. The figure includes many IT professionals.