27 Young Migrants Hired for Every Young Briton in UK Since 2020: Report

The number of non-EU migrants on payrolls under 25 rose by 290,000 between 2020 and 2025 while British nationals under 25 on payrolls went up by just 11,000.
27 Young Migrants Hired for Every Young Briton in UK Since 2020: Report
Terminal 2 arrivals area at Heathrow Airport in London on July 16, 2019. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images
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More than two dozen non-European Union migrants under the age of 25 have been hired for every Briton in the same age bracket in the UK since 2020, according to a report by British think tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) published on May 28.

The analysis found that 27 young people who have arrived from nations outside the EU had been given a job in Britain for every single vacancy taken by young UK citizens.

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