United Kingdom

Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience

Immigrant Integration in Europe in a Time of Austerity

Across Europe, immigrant integration policies and budgets diverged after the financial crisis, shaped by national politics and broad austerity pressures.

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.