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Immigration 'has had little impact on unemployment' Immigration from outside the EU is linked to UK jobless
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Immigration has had little impact on unemployment levels in the UK, says a report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). 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.
But the report says it is not clear if migration will lead to a fall in low-skilled jobs for British workers. The Migration Advisory Committee said there were 23 fewer jobs for UK worker for 100 migrants from outside the EU.
It comes after Migrationwatch UK said there was probably a link between rising levels of youth unemployment and rising migration from eastern Europe. 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 said it would be a "remarkable coincidence" if those two figures were not linked. 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.
But their report went on to say: "We cannot exclude that migrant inflows may be having positive effects on the employment of highly skilled native labour (because of complementarities) and negative effects on low-skilled native workers (because of substitutability) which net out in the aggregate." 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.
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."