Migration - Policy
Migrant workers are a significant part of the UK workforce. 35% of London’s working age population are migrants. 40% of the nurses in London hospitals were born outside the UK.
The Government has set out important new proposals for managing migration in the UK. Controlling our borders: making migration work for Britain (pdf), the Government’s five-year strategy for asylum and immigration.
Group discussion at an Employability conference
Employability contributed to the consultation process on Selective Admission - a new single points-based system for managed migration, ie routes to work, train or study in the UK. In partnership with the RSA, we organised a meeting in October 2005 for senior members of the business community, universities, professional bodies and trade unions.
In July 2005 we organised a conference with the Australian High Commission in London to review their experience of operating a points system. Click here for details (pdf).
The Employability Forum has brokered a Joint Statement on Migrant Workers (pdf) with the Home Office, TUC and CBI. This was launched in September 2005 by Home Office Minister Tony McNulty. It sets out the roles and responsibilities of Government, employers and trade unions around migrant workers.