Migrants in the UK Labour Market: An Overview

9th November 2015

09/11/2016

Dr Cinzia Rienzo

Rob McNeil

This briefing provides an overview of the employment levels and employment shares of migrants in the UK economy as a whole, and in specific sectors and occupations.

Key points

• The number of foreign-born people of working age in the UK increased from 2.9 million in 1993 to 6.6 million in 2014.
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