{"id":554,"date":"2014-11-13T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/?p=554"},"modified":"2014-11-13T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:01:30","slug":"migrant-workers-uk-time-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/2014\/11\/13\/migrant-workers-uk-time-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant Workers in the UK – it\u2019s time to talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the people who study elections are to be believed the UK Independence Party may take a second parliamentary seat in the Rochester by-election on 20th November. Mark Reckless, the UKIP candidate has made much in his campaign of the need to \u2018get a grip\u2019 on migration into the UK and has perpetuated ideas that migrant workers are a drain on the British economy and welfare state. A report in the Independent<\/a><\/span>\u00a0quoted Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader and MEP as saying that Britain was the \u201ccheap labour economy of the European Union\u201d as a result of \u201cuncontrolled\u201d levels of migration.<\/p>\n

Against this recent research analyses by Professor Christian Dustmann and Dr Tommaso Frattini<\/a><\/span> from UCL\u2019s Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration show that skilled migrant workers from the EU have boosted the British economy by some \u00a320bn over the past decade. This reflects earlier research conducted by Pauline Leonard<\/a><\/span> and Derek McGhee<\/a><\/span> of the Work Futures Research Centre, University of Southampton which revealed the economic benefits brought by EU migrants from the Accession States to the Solent Region.<\/p>\n

So what is the truth about migrant workers in the UK – are they a drain or a gain?<\/h3>\n

We know from data provided by the Office for National Statistics that there have been recent rises in migration into the UK, and that much of this has come in the form of people from the recession-hit European countries Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, and Poland. Net migration from the EU\u00a0has reportedly reached its highest level\u00a0since 1964. \u00a0(The Guardian, Thursday 27 February 2014<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

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But are these people really \u201call on benefits\u201d and \u201ctaking British jobs\u201d ?<\/h3>\n

Uncertainty and change in work, economy and society are core issues for us here at the WFRC and so these debates and questions about migrant workers fall clearly within our remit. Earlier this year we learnt about the TUC\u2019s campaign, begun in the South West, which attempted to stand up to the \u2018tidal wave of hysteria\u2019 about migration and provide information to bridge the gap between public perception around these issues and the reality. Inspired by their \u2018Truth, Lies & Migrants\u2019 campaign<\/a><\/span> we decided to convene our own panel of experts to look at interdisciplinary research, policy and evidence about migration, population patterns and employment in the UK. This idea has grown into a half day symposium on the theme of \u2018Migrant Work Futures\u2019 to be held on Tuesday 25th November at Westgate Hall, Southampton<\/a><\/span>. We are delighted to have a stellar line up of academics who are researching and contributing to debates on migration and work who will speak alongside representatives from the Trade Union Congress. We will hear evidence and perspectives from Political Science, Geography and Social Science, learn about the TUC campaign, and, we hope, have a contribution from a local MEP. But most of all we will have a lively and informed debate about Migrant Work Futures based on scholarship and science rather than hyperbole and tabloid headlines.<\/p>\n

This event is free but prior booking is required:<\/p>\n

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We look forward to seeing you on 25th November.<\/p>\n

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If the people who study elections are to be believed the UK Independence Party may take a second parliamentary seat in the Rochester by-election on 20th November. 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