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Migration: skills and the job market : In the News
Migrant numbers ‘must be reduced’
- Source: BBC News
18th October 2008
The number of migrants allowed into the UK under the points system may have to be reduced because of the economic crisis, Phil Woolas says.
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Immigration minister Phil Woolas proposes migrant limit
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 5th October 2008
The new immigration minister has suggested that the Government may introduce a cap on the number of migrants coming to Britain.
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‘Balanced’ migration and population control
- Source: The Times
- 11th September 2008
It is short-sighted and completely irresponsible to allow our population to increase, let alone to encourage it to do so
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Britain needs migrant workers, but only if they are on checklist
- Source: The Independent
- 10th September 2008
The Home Office's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) yesterday published its first list of the kinds of job that it believes can be filled by migrant workers of any nationality.
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Reduce net immigration to zero, say MPs
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 8th September 2008
Immigration to Britain would be dramatically scaled back under plans for a "one in, one out" policy published today.
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Immigration is ‘big boost for economy’
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 25th August 2008
Immigrant workers fill skill gaps and do jobs British workers do not want, says a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
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Immigration keeps London business afloat
- Source: City of London
- 3rd July 2007
Twenty years of unprecedented migration to London from overseas has boosted the London economy and made it more flexible and resilient
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The UK could be home to almost three-quarters of a million illegal immigrants, a study for London Mayor Boris Johnson suggests.
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