Recent Inward Migratory Trends to Edinburgh – Challenges and Opportunities
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Recent Inward Migratory Trends to Edinburgh – Challenges and
Opportunities
Nick Croft – Corporate Projects Manager (Equalities, Diversity and Human Rights)Performance Strategy and Policy Division
Corporate ServicesCity of Edinburgh Council
1. Data sources
• The General Register Office for Scotland - components of change analysis
• National Insurance Registrant figures - non UK nationals
• EU accession states worker registration scheme• Census 2001• Service access• School roll data• Community information
However, a totally accurate picture cannot be formed because:
• data are often limited to economic migrants and therefore certain migrant groups are not captured;
• there is little differentiation between local and international migration; and
• data do not distinguish between long and short term inward migrants and exclude those who return to their country of origin.
2. Inward Migration – Summary
• Edinburgh has a far higher net migration gain than any other Scottish local
• Edinburgh accounted for nearly 20% of the total migration gain in Scotland
• Between 2001 and 2006 evidence indicates that Edinburgh’s population grew by 14,500 from 449,000 to 463,500 this included net migration gain of 14,000
Net migration population change – absolute numbers 2001 - 2006
Net migration population change as % of total population 2001 - 2006
Geographical origins of inward migrants 2002 – 2007
Annual net migration into Edinburgh
Recent trends in international migration by area of origin
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
2002-3 2003-4 2004-5 2005-6 2006-7
EU New Member States EU 15
Australasia Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka
North America Africa
China & Taiwan Remainder
• In respect of EU A8 migrants hourly pay rates:
o 48.1% were paid £4.50 to £5.34o 31.6% £5.35 to £5.99 o 14.6% £6.00 to £7.99
• The proportion of inward migrants claiming state benefit in Edinburgh during 2006 / 2007 was around 1%, compared to the GB average of 3% and the Scottish average of 1%
• 73% of A8 migrants worked 30 to 40 hours
• In respect of EU A8 migrants, from May 2004 to September 2007:
o 48.1% were employed in hospitality and catering
o 16.8% in administration, business and managerial services
o 7.8% in construction and land services
• The intended length of stay of migrants in the UK suggests that 34.9% of inward migrants intend to stay for less than three months, 8.1% intend to stay for more than 2 years and 48.9% don’t know how long they will stay.
Advice and Information Advice Shop• 2007 / 2008 – 30 enquiries per month from EU A8• 2006 / 2007 – 25 enquiries per month from EU A8
Ethnic Minority Law Centre – January 2008Edinburgh cases- Ethnic Origin
INDIAN8%
PAKISTANI17%
BANGLADESHI3%
CHINESE8%
TURKISH4%
EUROPEAN9%
MIDDLE-EAST8%
AFRICAN30%
OTHERS13%
INDIAN
PAKISTANI
BANGLADESHI
CHINESE
TURKISH
EUROPEAN
MIDDLE-EAST
AFRICAN
OTHERS
Interpretation and Translation
• In 2005/2006 interpretation and translation support to the Polish community alone was 1,428 units
• During 2006 / 2007 service delivery increased to 2,142 units (50% growth)
• Increase on previous years for all translation (%)
02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07
12.97 13.55 5.76 21.53 49.96
Schools and education
• English as an additional language - Late 2006 = 225 pupils from EU A8 countries / Early 2008 = 766
• Information from the school pupil census identified
14 asylum seekers and 18 refugees
• 91 different languages spoken; 477 pupils who were new to the English language and 534 pupils who were at an early stage in their acquisition of English
• Increased access to ESOL classes and Community Capacity Building Services
Individuals and Families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)
• There is a small number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children currently supported by the Council
• The Council’s specialist Asylum and Immigration Service currently has 56 cases in this category
• Cases constitute a mixture of ongoing asylum seeker cases and failed asylum seekers, domestic violence concession applicants, Human Rights Act (article 3) cases, terminally ill foreign nationals and others
Housing
• 1% homelessness amongst A8 EU inward migrants
• Increase in access to housing advice and information
• Overwhelming evidence that identifies private sector housing as primary option
• 3 / 4 households per week seen by houses in multiple occupation teams
3. Future trends and impacts?
EU / Non EU migration
City Vision 2015
Immigration Legislation
The National Conversation / more devolution – independence
Economic buoyancy / Labour supply
Community Relations / Cohesion
Service pressures
No Recourse to Public Funds
Immigration data / Census 2011http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/migration/index.html
Nick Croft
Performance, Strategy and Policy Division
Corporate Services
0131 469 3726