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Migration: skills and the job market : In the News
Points bonus for Scots immigrants
- Source: BBC News
29th July 2009
Immigrants who choose to live and work in Scotland could earn British citizenship more readily, according to Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy.
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Drop in migrant workers threatens economic recovery,
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 25th May 2009
A drop in the number of migrant workers in Britain is threatening to create skill shortages and delay the country's recovery from recession, the Ernst & Young Item Club economic forecasters have warned.
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Seven in ten Britons want immigration slashed
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 20th May 2009
Seven in 10 Britons want immigration cut by 80 per cent as the issue continues to be a main concern for the public.
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Overseas workers in UK more able to keep jobs
- Source: Financial Times
- 20th May 2009
Foreign-born workers are proving more successful at holding on to their jobs in the recession than their British-born counterparts, according to Financial Times research.
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Polish ‘exodus’ grinds to halt
- Source: BBC News
- 9th May 2009
It is five years since EU enlargement brought a wave of Poles and other eastern European migrant workers to a Britain that was booming. But the recession has not resulted in a mass exodus.
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EU migration is working
- Source: The Guardian
- 8th May 2009
Instead of sending out mixed messages, the government needs to take the courage to say that migrants have helped us
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Why low migration levels threaten the UK’s economic and social health
- Source: The Guardian
- 23rd April 2009
The falling fertility rate and an ageing population mean too little immigration may turn out to be a bigger problem for the UK than too much migration.
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Migrant rule change was unfair on skilled workers
- Source: The Times
- 7th April 2009
Thousands of highly skilled migrants may receive compensation after the High Court ruled that changes to the rules under which they originally entered Britain were unfair
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