Economic impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularisation of irregular migrants to the UK

June 2009

In 2007, the UK provided a home to an estimated 618,000 irregular migrants - of these 442,000 live in London. GLA Economics commissioned the London School of Economics to research the potential economic impact of allowing those with an irregular status to become regularised based on two criteria - residency in the UK of at least 5 years and no serious criminal record.

Economic impact of irregular migrants - report PDF
Economic impact of irregular migrants - report RTF

Economic impact of irregular migrants - summary PDF
Economic impact of irregular migrants - summary RTF