The Price of Prioritizing Prosperity A new report from the Migration Advisory Committee sheds light on a phenomenon in the UK's immigration landscape: higher earning migrants are increasingly likely to leave the country.
Policymakers tout the benefits of retaining top talent, but the findings suggest that lower paid workers are more likely to remain long term.
The committee's research follows nearly 900,000 journeys between 2014 and 2024 and reveals a nuanced picture of who stays and who goes – and why.