Migration from EU into the UK falls to 10-year low as skills shortage fears ramp up

By Hamish Champ2019-02-28T12:18:00

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New ONS data shows number of EU citizens coming to work in the UK has slumped

New figures suggest the level of migration by EU citizens into the UK is at its lowest level for a decade, fuelling concerns across the construction sector that it will soon have problems completing some jobs as workers from the Continent stay away.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a net immigration figure of 283,000 in the year to the end of September 2018, in line with movements since the end of 2016.

But while non-EU net migration was the highest since 2004, the number of EU citizens coming to work in the UK fell to levels not seen since 2009.

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