Immigration: vital for the UK’s economic success

Interesting read:
Vital_for_the_UK's_economic_success

excerpts:
‘On the available evidence, the best judgement is that the economic case for free movement in the EU is strong and the UK’s ageing population, with fewer young people entering the jobs market, means that a fair and flexible policy of managed migration is essential if the economy is to continue to grow.’
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‘The government is right to base its managed migration policy on a points system. This is much better than an annual ‘cap’ on the number of migrants to be admitted, which fails to take account of employers’ demand for labour and changing economic circumstances.’

The complete report is here:
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets ... ation2.pdf