Our director @msumption.bsky.social went on the Rest is Money to talk about her new book plus how migration affects public finances, employers, and UK workers. Catch up here open.spotify.com/episode/3dqC...
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What is immigration policy for?
Our wonderful director, @msumption.bsky.social, answers this question in her new book.
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"But the inevitable trade-offs immigration policy presents mean that the reality is messier and more complicated than it might initially seem."
📖 @msumption.bsky.social looks at what immigration policy is for and explains the trade-offs ahead of her forthcoming book
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Five years on: Hong Kong migrants to the UK under the HK BN(O) visa scheme.
Findings from our @ukri.org funded survey,led by Tak Wing Chan (UCL), with me, @msumption.bsky.social @benbrindle.bsky.social
Wed, 2pm, at UCL
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Well indeed. The reason non-uk nurses aren’t coming to the UK any more is that the NHS stopped recruiting them.
I think I heard @jburnmurdoch.ft.com say this increase is down to a a change in the way the numbers are calculated rather than a major shift in migration patterns.
New data provides fascinating insights into outcomes of recent refugees granted status between 2015 and 2020
Both asylum (ARR) and resettled refugees (RR) struggled in labour market, but particular the latter - likely reflecting that many were selected based on vulnerability
link to data in reply
Useful new stats from Home Office on how asylum applicants travel to the UK
Significant increase in applications from people on visas (mostly work, study or visit), not just small boats
Also large differences by nationality: Pakistani and Bangladeshi applicants much more likely to come on visas
I think the "it's all about Brexit" argument has been overstated but I also suspect that UK access to Eurodac could make a reasonably significant difference
There has been some interesting, more recent qualitative evidence that being refused in Europe or not wanting to be moved within the EU under Dublin rules has become a significant reason for coming to the UK, but very hard to know the scale of this phenomenon
➤ UK will prioritise applications for transfers to UK (criteria not specified)
➤ Ppl deemed a security threat can’t be transferred in either direction
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Text of the UK-France small boats treaty published. Key points:
➤ Process to take up to 3 months from arrival in UK
➤ Doesn’t apply to unaccompanied minors
➤ FR can refuse to accept specific ppl back & will give aggregated data on reasons for refusals... 1/2
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I’ve always wondered how employers & workers split the cost of UK immigration fees
Here it is for Skilled Worker visas from a Home Office survey of sponsors
Surprisingly little variation by industry/employer size (in underlying data tables)
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nice paper on Australian regional visas, which push migrants to live outside of major metro areas
Ppl on regional visas much more likely to stay in the 'regions' if they were in cities, not remote/rural areas
Middle-aged migrants w kids most likely to stay put
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Makes sense given that the argument that refugees provide significant economic benefits are actually substantively not particularly convincing
Interesting paper: survey experiment finds US public are unconvinced by economic arguments in favour of admitting refugees, more convinced by moral arguments
Legal arguments only convincing on the left
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@sblinder.bsky.social
Is the British government is really going to be able to co-ordinate with industry to replace migrant workers with domestic ones?
@johnspringford.bsky.social asked @msumption.bsky.social this and much more on the latest episode of the #CERpodcast.
Listen here: www.cer.eu/media/cer-po...
Plenty of recent speculation about whether a UK-France deal on small boat returns will be announced this week.
Would such a deal bring down arrivals? And what are some other options for improved cooperation with France and the EU?
New commentary 👇
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I am writing a policy pamphlet. Here are all the ways to demonstrate I don't really have a policy answer, that I need to avoid:
a. You call for a "national conversation or debate"
b. You suggest that what is needed is “a change in culture”
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Our Director @msumption.bsky.social on Today Programme this morning talking about why the care visa has been so difficult to manage
Full interview 00:50 minutes into the programme: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ah ok that makes more sense. Thanks!
Thanks
There’s also a small and slightly random looking list of rqf3-5 workers explicitly prevented from switching employers, right? (Including reiki healers…)
Any idea why?
Immigration lawyers: am I right in thinking that Statement of Changes says a) mid-skilled workers coming on the Temp Shortage List; & b) ppl switching in-country to care jobs DO still have path to ILR, at least for the moment?
@colinyeo.bsky.social @jonkingh.bsky.social @johnvassiliou.bsky.social
Pleased to share my new article in Migration Studies @MigrationJrnl on why it’s so much harder than it sounds for government to select the “best and brightest” migrants
I illustrate using the example of two widely criticized 'investor visa' programmes
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
I think part of the problem is that our official statistical ethnicity categories are badly designed: by using the word 'British' they mix ethnicity and citizenship in a confusing way. This is unusual internationally. Ethnicity is different from citizenship
"This narrowly focussed bill... makes no change to a person’s existing right to appeal any decision to remove their British citizenship, and doesn’t widen the reasons for which a person could be deprived of their citizenship", the Home Office says www.gov.uk/government/n...
