Sentences with phrase «numbers of migrants find»

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.

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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.