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Trades Union Congress. The economics of migration. Managing the impacts

Document number
2052
Date
2007
Title
Trades Union Congress. The economics of migration. Managing the impacts
Author/publisher
economic and social affairs/June 2007
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures,
Summary

This paper addresses five key questions which regularly arise in debates about the economic consequences of immigration to the UK. These questions are:
Has migration led to unemployment?
Has migration driven down wages?
Does migration cost the taxpayer?
Does migration damage developing countries?
Does migration hurt migrants?

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