United Kingdom

Filling Labor Shortages through Immigration: An Overview of Shortage Lists and their Implications

Shortage lists aim to fill high-need occupations through immigration, but measurement gaps and time lags mean they often miss the mark.

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: A Growing Phenomenon with Few Easy Solutions

The United States and European Union take different approaches to unaccompanied minors.

Not Just the Highly Skilled - Only the Best and Brightest, Please

Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Australia all moved to raise the bar on skilled migration, prioritizing quality over quantity even as labor demand persisted.

Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?

Two years after the 2008 global financial collapse, immigrants faced steeper job losses and squeezed integration budgets. But countries saw little large-scale return.

The UK's New Europeans: Progress and Challenges Five Years After Accession

Five years after EU Union enlargement in 2004, eastern European workers were well employed in the United Kingdom but often stuck in low-wage, low-skilled jobs.

Migration, Public Opinion and Politics

Buyer's Remorse on Immigration Continues

The 2009 recession drove governments in Europe, Asia, and North America to tighten immigration rules.

Future Immigration Patterns and Policies in the United Kingdom

Even with the Great Recession, UK net migration was projected to remain at about 150,000 a year, heightening the need for trust, integration, and good governance.

The Media and Migration in the United Kingdom, 1999 to 2009

From 1999 to 2009, UK media focused on asylum and crisis frames, sidelining everyday integration developments and migrants’ contributions.

British Attitudes to Immigration in the 21st Century

British concern about immigration hit record levels after 1999, shaped by rising inflows and asylum coverage, though attitudes vary by age, education, and local context.