UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests
Key takeaways
- Those with the lowest wages are the most likely to remain in the UK long term, the report found.
- A report from the Migration Advisory Committee’s , Who Stays, Who Leaves?, follows about 900,000 journeys between 2014 and 2024.
- The research is intended to help understanding of long-term migration patterns and the possible effects of policy changes on labour shortages, population forecasts and the public finances.
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Those with the lowest wages are the most likely to remain in the UK long term, the report found. Photograph: Paul Quayle/Alamy View image in fullscreen. Those with the lowest wages are the most likely to remain in the UK long term, the report found. Photograph: Paul Quayle/Alamy Immigration and asylum UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests Figures raise questions over ministers’ plans to raise qualifying period for settled status from five years to 10
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleHigher-earning immigrants are less likely to remain in the UK long-term and could be further deterred from staying by the government’s planned crackdown on settlement rights, analysis has revealed.
A report from the Migration Advisory Committee’s , Who Stays, Who Leaves?, follows about 900,000 journeys between 2014 and 2024.