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A Briton is "displaced” from the labour market for every four extra migrants from outside the EU that arrive in the UK, the Migration Advisory Committee (Mac) concluded. The report is the first official examination of the impact of immigration and showed it has kept resident workers out of jobs.
Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Mac, also criticised the use of GDP for measuring the effects of the influx of foreign nationals as "pro-immigration” because more migrants will logically expand the economy.
The findings are in contrast to a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) which claimed the number of immigrants coming to the UK had little or no impact on the number of unemployed.
However, the impact and displacement of British workers also does not last forever, the Mac report found.
"Those migrants who have been in the UK for over five years are not associated with displacement of British-born workers," it said.
In the last five years the number of non-EU migrants of working age increased by 700,000 meaning some 160,000 Britons missed out on jobs, the report concluded.
Prof Metcalf said: "Assessing the impacts of migration is not a simple decision and our conclusions will require careful consideration by the Government. (...)
Immigation does keep Britons out of jobs, government committee admits
Telegraph.co.uk 24 January 2012
By Tom Whitehead
By Tom Whitehead
Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Mac, also criticised the use of GDP for measuring the effects of the influx of foreign nationals as "pro-immigration” because more migrants will logically expand the economy.
The findings are in contrast to a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) which claimed the number of immigrants coming to the UK had little or no impact on the number of unemployed.
However, the impact and displacement of British workers also does not last forever, the Mac report found.
"Those migrants who have been in the UK for over five years are not associated with displacement of British-born workers," it said.
In the last five years the number of non-EU migrants of working age increased by 700,000 meaning some 160,000 Britons missed out on jobs, the report concluded.
Prof Metcalf said: "Assessing the impacts of migration is not a simple decision and our conclusions will require careful consideration by the Government. (...)
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