International migration in interesting times: The case of the UK

People and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 14-25

  Salt, John ^a   Millar, Jane ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748790669     PISSN: 10394788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. The main contents of these documents are discussed in J. Salt, 'Skilled Migration: The UK and Australia', in B. Birrell et al., Evaluation of the General Skilled Migration Categories, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Canberra, March 2006 (ISBN 1 920996 01 X).
2. The A8 group of countries includes the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
3. N. Gilpin, M. Henty, S. Lemos, J. Portes and C. Bullen, The Impact of Free Movement of Workers from Central and Eastern Europe on the UK Labour Market, Department for Work and Pensions, UK, 2006 last accessed 5 June 2006
4. National Vocational Qualifications at level 3 relate to college-level, post-compulsory education. In the UK, NVQ3 is equivalent to 'A' level.
5. Home Office, Controlling our Borders: Making Migration Work for Britain, The Stationery Office, UK, February 2005 last accessed 5th June 2006
6. Home Office, Selective Admission: Making Migration Work for Britain, UK, 2005 last accessed 5 June 2006
7. Home Office, A Points-Based System: Making Migration Work for Britain, The Stationery Office, UK, March 2006 last assessed 5 June 2006
8. There are four types of work permit. The first, confusingly called 'work permits', are issued on behalf of foreign workers who are outside the UK at the time of application. 'First permissions' go to overseas nationals who are already resident in the UK but not working. 'Extensions' prolong the tenure of existing work permits issued to a sponsoring employer. Finally, 'changes of employment' include changes of employer.
9. J. Millar and J. Salt, 'The mobility of expertise in transnational corporations', presented at the Mobility, Ethnicity and Society Conference, University of Bristol, UK, 16-17 March, 2006 last accessed 5th June 2006