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Irregular Migration in the UK
An ippr FactFile
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Author: Migration and Equalities Team
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Price: Free
Publication Date: 31 March 2006
Irregular migration (also described as illegal, undocumented or unauthorised migration) is a complex and controversial issue that is a source of considerable debate in the media and among the general public. From controversies surrounding the immigration status of Big Brother 6 contestant Makosi to the tragic deaths of 58 Chinese migrants being smuggled into the UK, irregular migration is never far from the public eye.
Public concern about immigration in general is at unprecedented levels, with a significant proportion of people polled recently feeling that the Government does not have immigration under control.
In 2005, the UK Government attempted to estimate the numbers of irregular migrants and published the UK’s first official estimate of irregular migration. While this estimate has been a useful contribution to the evidence base on irregular migration in the UK, it is equally important to go beyond estimating numbers and deal with some of the broader policy issues that irregular migration raises. This FactFile seeks to address some of these issues.
View other ippr factfiles and books on migration and integration here.
Capable Communities
Public Service Reform: The next chapter
In this paper we turn our attention to the role citizens and communities can play in directly producing services, setting out the challenges that lie ahead, and identifying the questions our research will seek to answer over the coming months.
The English Question
ippr surveys MPs
ippr has conducted a survey of MPs to find out if they think that England is losing out as a result of these changes, as many people have claimed.
You Can’t Put Me In A Box
Super-diversity and the end of identity politics in Britain
This paper attempts to map out just how diverse Britain is, both in terms of who lives in Britain and how they identify themselves.