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Migrant workers and the UK labour market

06 Mar 2025

This page brings together key Migration Observatory materials on the topic of net migration, migrant workers, work visa policy, and the impact of migration on the labour market.

Migrant workers and their impacts

Migrants in the UK labour market

The labour market effects of immigration

Earnings trajectories for recent immigrants

Immigration policy and the labour market

Net migration to the UK

Work visa policy

The ban on care workers’ family members

The increase in Skilled Worker salary thresholds

Migrants in the labour market, by topic

Migration and the health and care workforce

International students in the UK labour market

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