Research and analysis

Skills shortages and employers of migrant workers

Qualitative research exploring skills shortages and migration.

• From: Migration Advisory Committee
• Published: 3 March 2022

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Migration Advisory Committee Research Paper: skills shortages and employers of migrant workers (accessible)

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The Migration Advisory Committee’s in-house research team undertook qualitative research with employers into skills shortages and migration. Twenty-eight in-depth qualitative interviews were carried out between November 2020 and May 2021.The research aimed to look at the circumstances in which employers use migration as a response to skills shortages, exploring:

• the concept of shortage and how it was experienced by employers in 3 sectors (construction, manufacturing and IT)
• employers’ responses to shortage
• how migration fitted into their response

Published 3 March 2022