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Migration Observatory

Skilled workers put off coming to the UK due to high visa costs

19:27 25/10/2023
By Sanwar Ali : The UK continues to be a desirable destination for talented workers from across the globe, offering a vibrant consumer market, a multicultural society, and innovative businesses...

UK immigration status leaves two million EU citizens at risk

15:10 04/04/2022
Two million EU citizens are reportedly at risk of deportation from the UK because of their temporary immigration status, according to the Oxford Migration Observatory. Based at Oxford University, the...

No UK work permits for asylum seekers, says Home Office

10:08 06/10/2021
The Home Office is reportedly reluctant to offer UK work visas to asylum seekers, despite growing demands to allow refugees to work in Britain. Priti Patel’s department is resisting calls for asylum...

UK certificates of sponsorship hit record high in healthcare

10:04 04/08/2021
The number of UK certificates of sponsorship (CoS) issued to migrant health and social care workers hit a record high in the first quarter of 2021, according to new figures. The data, released by the...

Confusion over EU Settlement Scheme application numbers

14:04 08/07/2021
According to a report published by The Guardian, six million applications made by EU citizens for UK permanent residency doesn’t means that six million EU nationals are currently living in the UK...

UK immigration numbers from EU underestimated by 1.6 million

12:50 27/06/2021
The number of immigrants arriving from the EU between 2012 and 2020 has been underestimated by 1.6 million, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS recently...

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