Research
Massive recent increase in lower skilled immigrant workers
Summary 1. The Conservative election manifesto in 2019 stated that attracting highly skilled workers would be a key policy objective. The government’s aim was to make the UK “a magnet for the best and brightest”,…
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Record net migration and the rising demand for housing
Summary 1. If net migration to the UK is allowed to continue at the present record level of 606,000 per year, the UK population is projected to grow by more than 15 million by 2046…
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Summary1. The Government describes its policy as one of “Managed Migration”. In practice, the tools of management are not in place,yet steps have been taken to encourage immigration on a verylarge scale. 2. Furthermore, there…
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How can the UK stop relying on overseas doctors?
Summary Introduction 1. Medicine is amongst the UK’s most popular higher education course categories attracting tens of thousands of applicants every year who compete for 7,000 limited places in England and around 1,900 places in…
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Modern slavery Referrals by small boat migrants (2018-2022)
Key points Introduction 1.Since 2018, England’s southern coast has experienced frequent, often daily, crossing of immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom illegally via small boats holding anything from five to fifty or more people. This…
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Recent change in the UK asylum grant rate
Summary 1. The UK’s asylum grant rate at the initial decision stage was nearly three times that of France (72% compared with 25%) in 2021, a year during which 28,500 people came to the UK from France…
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Direct refugee immigration to the UK
1. Around a third of a million refugees have come to the UK using 13 different refugee routes since 2005, including around 240,000 people in just the past year. 2. In addition, more than 60,000…
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Summary 1. Tens of thousands of asylum claimants are staying in approximately 200 hotels, alongside an unknown number in hostels. With asylum-related hotel provision rising amidst a mounting case backlog and record dinghy crossings, the cost…
Learn MoreStudent immigration to the UK
Key points Introduction 1. The UK’s higher education product is a major export and an important component of soft power. It is important to have a viable study visa route into the UK. However, it…
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Statistics
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