The reported slave auctions have raised questions about whether European Union migration agreements meant to curb Mediterranean crossings are instead turning human traffickers into slave traders as increasing
numbers of migrants find themselves stuck in Libya, penniless, desperate and vulnerable.
Not exact matches
A survey by South Holland district council
found that despite tensions with local people and concerns about their employers, many
of the
migrants coming to the area - a
number which has increased almost tenfold in the past three years - want to stay.
For instance, before Britain's referendum on European Union membership last year, a poll by Ipsos Mori
found that voters typically estimated the
number of migrants living in the UK to be 31 %
of the population.
Following reports over the weekend that Cameron is considering a cap on national insurance
numbers issued to low - skilled
migrants, Clegg said he does not back the idea floated by the Conservatives, as it was a
founding principle
of the EU that people should be able to move freely.
Less segregated communities have a
number of societal benefits — a
migrant marrying a local has a higher chance
of finding employment, for example.
The study examined migration between 2000 and 2012 and
found that there were no links between the
number of migrant pupils and the performance
of schools, including the UK, where schools with a high proportion
of migrant families did not perform any differently from the average.
The UK has followed that example by restricting opportunities for non-EU
migrants to
find work in the UK, while remaining powerless to restrict EU migration which includes large
numbers of unskilled workers.