| Author (Person) | Strauss, Delphine |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 1.5.08 |
| Publication Date | 01/05/2008 |
| Content Type | News |
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Half the central and eastern European nationals who came to work in Britain in the period 2004-2008 (following the enlargement of the EU to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in 2004) have returned home, according to new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research, suggesting that fears of an ever-expanding migrant population are unfounded. The full report 'Floodgates or turnstiles? Post-EU enlargement migration flows to (and from) the UK' can be downloaded from a link in the IPPR Press Release noted in the related url. Later, in August 2008 Home Office figures showed that the number of Eastern European migrants coming to work in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since EU expansion in 2004. In August IPPR published a further report 'Shall We Stay or Shall We Go? Re-migration trends among Britain’s immigrants'. The new report shows that more and more immigrants to the UK are staying for a short time and then leaving. The outflow in the last couple of years is close to 400,000. Research in 5 countries showed that migrants tend to come to the UK for economic reasons, but leave for personal reasons. The migrants who are most likely to leave are those with high skills, good education and low barriers to movement. These people are becoming increasingly 'super mobile'. |
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| Countries / Regions | Central Europe, United Kingdom |
