Labour Migration to the UK An ippr factfile

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Until recently, the public debate over migration has been almost exclusively concerned with asylum, ignoring and sometimes confusing the distinction between asylum and other routes of migration. With the FactFile showing that foreign workers now account for 1 in 20 people employed in the UK, the examination of labour migration to the UK is both timely and important.

Until recently, the public debate over migration has been almost exclusively concerned with asylum, ignoring and sometimes confusing the distinction between asylum and other routes of migration. With the FactFile showing that foreign workers now account for 1 in 20 people employed in the UK, the examination of labour migration to the UK is both timely and important.

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