Migration is the movement of populations from one region to another, to settle there.

 To
immigrate is the activity of a person that goes into another country and settles down. In this
respect there must not appear the confusion of the term "foreigner" with "immigrant. The
phenomenon of immigration is an international phenomenon and therefore the starting point is
the immigrant's country of origin and the destination to the country in which the person will
settle.

As observed the world population in the last fifty years has increased considerably. Evolution
and its distribution have evolved under the influence, of a part of, the dynamics of populations
and, on the other hand, under the influence of progressive aging of the population of the richest
areas. These countries have become dependent on immigration requirements in few years. This
period is characterized by a reversal of trends and extreme complexity of the global population
movements. 

Four out of five Britons want to see that their government take measures to reduce

immigration in their country, says a large study conducted by officials in London.
The data shows that more than half of the population want immigration to be reduced "a lot", and
a quarter will be reduced slightly, while 19% want to remain at the same level,
TheDaily Mail writes.

The survey also shows that 85% believed that neighborhood streets are united and there are

major differences between the people there, they might be indigenous or immigrants, but there
will always exist the fear that they might increase due to immigration.
Sir Andrew Green, from the organization Migrationwatch said: "These figures are a clear
indication that, despite our economic problems, immigration concerns remain high in the
population. Government coalition and its members, especially liberal Democrats would
do well to remember that."
But several ministers, including one for Business, refuse to reduce the number of
visas for workers from outside the European Union, considering that the UK needs highly
qualified workforce.
Britain is one of the most popular countries in the immigrants’ point of view, especially for
those comingfrom India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and East European countries.
According to the table, immigration is still high as there are an increased number of people
coming to UK, year by year.

Long-Term International Migration (LTIM) to/from the UK 1991-2009

As illustrated, immigration is increasing at a higher rate since 1992 from less than 100,000
people and got to 600,000 people in 2009. Due to the growth in immigration the government
intervened by changing the regulations and applying new laws.
However, the effects of immigration take place in both short and long run. Usually it is expected
that technology and capital to be fixed or not completely flexible, which leads to an increase in
supply of workers in the economy. In the short run immigration tends to cut wages of local
workers and also reduce the number of jobs.
In contrast, the long run is supposed to have incompletely adjustment in technology and capital
for immigration. This shows what if there are investments in, for example, equipment and
machines, there will take place an increase in the demand for labor to operate the equipment.
Economists suggest that the effect of immigration in the long run expands the economy and
never the less, employment, with insignificant or no impact on the per capita income of the
citizens.
Overall, considering the existing evidence, GDP per capita has small positive or negative
changes, because of the little impact that immigration has on it.

There are gains and losses created by immigration in the short term. The gains include the
employers in the UK, the immigrants and also the consumers who can take advantage from
having lower prices. The ones who lose from the immigration system are the employed people in
low-paid jobs and who are straight adversaries with the new immigrant workers.
Thus in the long term, the impacts of immigration are very limited. There are distinct impacts of
immigration on the natural rate of unemployment, the supply side of economy and also on
wages. Certainly, inflation is as well influenced by immigration and this affects the balance in
economy of both supply and demand.