US EditionThe Times Corrects Inaccurate Headline About Cost of ‘Migrants’ Partners’
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The Times corrects inaccurate headline about cost of ‘migrants’ partners’
A new figure from the Migration Advisory Committee estimates the total net lifetime fiscal cost of people who arrived in the UK in 2022/23 through the Partner route of the Family visa—which includes the partners of some UK-born British citizens.
Partners of migrants who come to the UK for family reunification cost the British economy a total of £5.6 billion (nearly €6.5 billion) over their lifetime, according to analysis by the British government's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
Migrants' partners cost British economy £5.6BILLION over lifetimes with half unemployed
Migrants who are brought to the UK to live with their partner cost the British economy £5.6billion over a lifetime, Government advisers have found.According to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), more than half of those who move to the country to be with their partner remain unemployed.There were an estimated 51,000 migrant partners in the UK between 2022 and 2023.And each of those husbands, wives and partners are expected to take an average…
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