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The UK Labour Market – EU Workers by Occupation Skill Level
Summary 1. There are currently 400,000 EU14 workers in the UK who are more likely to be in a skilled occupation than the UK born – 70% compared to 55%. However, there are more than twice that number from the accession countries known as the EU10 of whom almost three
75% of East Europeans and 30% of EU14 workers in low skilled work | Migration Watch UK
Three quarters of all East European workers who have arrived since their countries joined the EU are working in low skilled work, so says a Migration Watch UK analysis of the Labour Force Survey. The analysis finds that in early 2014 there were 870,000 workers from the Accession countries of
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s Labour Market Statistics, Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “Ten years after accession we still find very large numbers of workers arriving from Eastern Europe, mainly to work in low paid jobs. This puts growing pressure on wages and housing. It simply cannot be allowed
MW363 : Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention – A Russian Case | Migration Watch UK
The starting point of this paper is a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights Muradeli v. Russia [1] ECHR 368. There is something mildly reassuring about finding out that in spite of the current view of Putin’s Russia as a by no means benign dictatorship in a not very convincing
International migration, population growth and households in the UK
Summary 1. This paper estimates the contribution of international migration to the increase in the number of households[1] in the UK since 1992. It uses data from the Labour Force Surveys to estimate the change over time in the proportion of households headed by persons born outside the United Kingdom. It
Huge impact of immigration on the demand for housing | Migration Watch UK
Nearly two thirds of additional households since 1997 headed by an immigrant The impact of immigration on the demand for housing in the UK is much greater than the public realise. That is the thrust of a paper issued by Migration Watch today. Nearly two thirds of the households formed
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