Economic Impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularisation of irregular migrants to the UK
Posted 3 July 2009
This report by Ian Gordon, Kathleen Scanlon, Tony Travers and Christine Whitehead of the London School of Economics, was commissioned by GLA economics and launched in mid-June 2009.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the GLA have stated their wish to explore the proposition of an earned regularisation scheme for irregular migrants in the UK. The report includes four main sections: an estimate of the numbers; factors to take into account when designing a regularisation scheme; assessment of the impact of regularisation on social welfare; and an estimate of the fiscal impact. The report notes that hard data are few and far between.
Click links below to download the report and summary:
•Economic impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularation of irrgular migrants to the UK (Main Report)
•Economic impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularation of irrgular migrants to the UK (Summary Report)