Economic contribution of migrants
- International students in UK institutions contributed £5 billion to the UK economy in 2001-02, making education provision a key economic contributor.
- Migrants' wages are an average of 13% higher than those of UK-born workers.
- 9% of the total public sector workforce in the UK is made up of migrants.
- 35% of all people of working age in London are migrants and 42% of the UK's migrant population lives in the capital.
- In 2002, half of the new nurses in the UK were born abroad.
- According to the Bank of England, migrants' work keeps inflation down.
- The Government estimates that a 1% increase in inward migration corresponds to a GDP increase of more than 1%.
- The estimated annual net economic contribution made by migrants is £2.5 billion.