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Immigration from outside the EU is linked to UK jobless | |
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The government's official advisers on migration say there is a link between immigration from outside the European Union and job losses among UK workers. | |
The Migration Advisory Committee said there were 23 fewer jobs for UK worker for 100 migrants from outside the EU. | |
But a separate report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says immigration from the EU has had little impact. | |
It follows Migrationwatch UK saying there was probably a link. | |
It said 600,000 migrants had come in while 450,000 youths were unemployed. | It said 600,000 migrants had come in while 450,000 youths were unemployed. |
Migrationwatch UK said it would be a "remarkable coincidence" if those two figures were not linked. | |
Now the Migration Advisory Committee said for every additional 100 non-EU migrants in the UK the jobs of 23 native workers were "displaced". | |
The committee estimates 160,000 British-born workers' jobs have been displaced following non-EU immigration between 1995 and 2010. | |
They also looked at the effect of migration on salaries and found overall wages for the most well-paid people went up, while those at the bottom went down. | |
'Strong work ethic' | 'Strong work ethic' |
The NIESR said migrants from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which joined the EU eight years ago - "tended to be disproportionately young, well-educated, prepared to work for low wages and imbued with a strong work ethic". | The NIESR said migrants from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which joined the EU eight years ago - "tended to be disproportionately young, well-educated, prepared to work for low wages and imbued with a strong work ethic". |
They went on to say said: "We find no association between migrant inflows and claiming unemployment. | They went on to say said: "We find no association between migrant inflows and claiming unemployment. |
"The results show a very small negative and generally insignificant correlation between the migrant inflow rate and the change in the claimant count rate." | "The results show a very small negative and generally insignificant correlation between the migrant inflow rate and the change in the claimant count rate." |
"Migration has essentially no impact on claimant count unemployment," added the NIESR. | "Migration has essentially no impact on claimant count unemployment," added the NIESR. |
The study looked at the number of migrants given National Insurance numbers between 2002-3 and 2010-11 and compared them with the number claiming unemployment benefits. | |
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We have already made sweeping changes to tackle the uncontrolled immigration of the past. | A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We have already made sweeping changes to tackle the uncontrolled immigration of the past. |
"We have limited non-EU workers coming to the UK, with latest figures showing a year on year fall in work visas issued. | "We have limited non-EU workers coming to the UK, with latest figures showing a year on year fall in work visas issued. |
"We will shortly announce reforms of the family migration and settlement routes." | "We will shortly announce reforms of the family migration and settlement routes." |