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Migrant workers raise pay for all

Research commissioned by the Home Office has concluded that the inflow of migrant labour into the UK has had a positive effect on pay for all workers1. The findings of the research suggest that an increase in immigration of one per cent of the non-migrant population leads to an increase of almost 2% in the wages of indigenous workers.