Immigration is one of today’s most conflictual issues. There is disagreement about how immigration affects economies and about how national policy can improve growth and support social cohesion and welfare. Stakeholders include not only policy makers and migrants themselves but indeed almost all of society.
London has a particular stake in the debate—it is the UK destination of choice for migrants from all parts of the income and education spectra, many of its industries depend on specialist migrant labour, and it is home to communities from all over the world.
This HEIF 5 project brings together London policymakers, experts and those who drive the economy to provide an evidence basis and a forum for informed debate about how international immigration affects London, looking at patterns of socio-demographic change; labour market impacts; housing and cohesion; the effects on local services; and the role of immigration in the city’s cultural industries and higher education. The two-year series of workshops, seminars, conferences and publications will monitor and disseminate relevant research and evidence.
Each of the thematic event and publication links will be listed below as the project progresses.
Opening Roundtable:
Migration and the Transformation of London, 5 October 2012
Workshop:
Higher Education and Migration, 5 December 2012
Seminar:
Migration and Higher Education, 1 March 2013
Seminar:
The London Finance Commission, 29 June 2013
Seminar:
The New Population and Household Projections, 2 July 2013
Roundtable:
London’s Household Projections and their Implications for Planning: a roundtable discussion, 7 October 2013
Roundtable:
Feasible Approaches to Estimating the UK’s Irregular Migrant Population in April 2011, 9 October 2013
Seminar:
New Migration Regimes and Higher Education, 6 December 2013
Roundtable:
Migration and the transformation of London’s economy- issues and barriers, 24 January 2014
Roundtable:
Mayor's Draft Housing Strategy Consultation, 7 February 2014
Conference:
How is London being transformed by migration?, 24 March 2014