Just a quarter of new foreign students are on “strategically important” university courses
In 2022/2023 there were 459,170 foreign students that began a course at a UK higher education institution. However, just 111,295 (24.9%) of these are on courses that the British government views as “strategically important”.
Migrants disproportionately behind country’s surge in arrests, as 369,000 immigrant arrests projected in the last three years
The foreign-born arrest rate is 34% higher than that of the British-born population.
Record number of migrants in the UK are not in work
In the second quarter of 2024 there were 1.689m non-UK nationals either economically inactive or unemployed.
Over 70% of migrants who arrived in 2023 on a work visa impose net cost on the Treasury
70.6% of long-term migrants who arrived in the UK in 2023 via a Certificate of Sponsorship earned less than the £38,000 needed for them to make a positive economic contribution.
49% of British public want freeze to all non-essential immigration
49% of the British public want a complete freeze to all immigration that is not “essential” to the NHS – compared to just 24% who do not want a freeze.
Skilled Worker Migrant Salaries Down £10,000 In 2 Years
The average annual earnings of migrants has dropped by almost £10,000 since 2021, from £42,884 to £32,946.
The Costs of Migration: Economic Inactivity Amongst Migrants Aged 16 – 64
In 2023 the number of economically inactive migrants aged 16-64 reached its highest point thus far, surpassing the total in 2022 which was, itself, a record figure.
The OBR: Forecasting Failure
The Office for Budget Responsibility has overstated the economic output of migrants arriving in the last 12 months by £8.36bn since 2019 by incorrectly assuming that their working pattern is the same as the UK population at large.
Anti-Rwanda Activist Groups
Charities lobbying Peers to topple Rwanda plan have received £209m in government funding.
Fragile Health: Recruitment From The WHO Red List
Of the 222,308 entry clearance visas awarded to individuals arriving on the “Skilled Worker – Health & Care” route since late 2020, 48.6% (108,105) were given to individuals from countries listed on the WHO’s “health workforce support and safeguards list”, the so-called “red list”.
International Students: A Record High 2022/23
The number of foreign students studying at UK higher education institutions has increased by 28.1% between the 2021/22 and the 2022/23 academic years.