Foreign-born researchers are significantly more likely to leave the UK than other skilled workers, according to a new report.
The Migration Advisory Committee (Mac), an influential government-backed body, investigated how the length of time that skilled worker main applicants stay in the UK is affected by individual and employment characteristics between 2014 and 2024.
Using a new dataset that combines migrant journey data with information from certificates of sponsorship, the report found that health and care workers are particularly likely to remain in the country long term.
Almost all care workers and nurses were still in the country three years after starting their visa.
Even 10 years on from arriving in the UK, 86 per cent of nurses were still there – as were 81 per cent of all medical practitioners.
