Migrants win support over jobless fears

Low-skilled Britons are out of work because they lack skills and motivation, not because they are competing for jobs with migrant workers, the United Kingdom government said on the 11 June 2008. A study by the Department for Work and Pensions said the arrival of 1m migrants from eastern and central European countries, which joined the European Union in 2004, had not damaged wages or caused higher unemployment among UK-born citizens.

United Kingdom: Department for Work and Pensions: Report: The impact of migration from the new European Union, June 2008 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/wp52.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Work and Pensions: Press Release, 11.6.08: New research shows migration has not stopped British workers finding jobs http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/jun/emp087-110608.asp

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