The Impacts Of Migration On Social Cohesion And Integration

This report explores migration and social cohesion through the themes of 'Britishness', economic impact and neighbourhoods. It concludes that in some areas, what makes the difference in relation to hostility to new arrivals is socio-economic deprivation. This doesn’t, of course, explain antipathy towards migrants in more prosperous areas.
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The Impacts Of Migration On Social Cohesion And Integration

January 2012

Author: Shamit Saggar, Will Somerville, Rob Ford & Maria Sobolewska, Publisher: Migration Advisory Committee

This report explores migration and social cohesion through the themes of 'Britishness', economic impact and neighbourhoods. It concludes that in some areas, what makes the difference in relation to hostility to new arrivals is socio-economic deprivation. This doesn’t, of course, explain antipathy towards migrants in more prosperous areas.