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Labour Migration and the Work Permit System in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Salt J.,
Kitching R. T.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1990.tb00477.x
Subject(s) - immigration , work (physics) , sample (material) , kingdom , term (time) , labour economics , economics , political science , demographic economics , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , biology
"The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of the work permit today [in the United Kingdom], using official data. It first reviews the operation of the [labor migration] system and describes the main schemes incorporated. Then, it uses data for 1984-88 to describe the general characteristics of labor immigration through the schemes. Finally, by means of a small random sample of applications and issues, it presents details on particular aspects of the immigration. It demonstrates that current labour immigration through the system is selective: most of those entering with long-term permits are highly skilled, well paid, and moving within the internal labor markets of large transnational corporations." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)