According to the Daily Mail, Telegraph, etc., this report finally shows just how much of a burden we are to the UK. The thing is is that it doesn't. In spite of the report going to great lengths to divide between immigration types, the papers are focusing on London and other urban area crowding (as if London is only growing because of immigration).
The report itself has this gem seeded at the end:
It was initially hoped that more data might be available to enable a clearer quantitative assessment of the impacts of different types of migrants, however it proved impossible to find data that was capable of being disaggregated in this way. In the absence of consistent national data identifying different types of migrants, individual local authorities contributing to the study were also asked whether they had such data for their own area. However, it was not possible to collect
disaggregated data on the use made of public services in this way. Therefore in the absence of hard quantitative evidence, we adopted a more experimental approach. Well ok.
But here are the actual summaries:
Legitimate international students and non-European Economic Area (EEA) skilled workers are likely to have low impacts on public services and social cohesion, making a lower demand on most services than an average UK resident.
Low-skilled migrant workers present a mixed picture. They are regarded as bringing economic benefits to some sectors, particularly in times of economic growth, but can also have higher impacts on health, housing and social cohesion in a variety of ways. The negative impacts will also be greater for illegal workers, including those who arrived on a student visa but whose primary intention was to work, as these will often live in poor conditions, sometimes work illegally and therefore not contribute taxes, and poorly integrate with the community in which they live.
Asylum-seeking and refugee families, and asylum seekers or refugees without children are likely to have the highest impact on services compared with other groups, because of their particular circumstances and levels of need.*
Vile reporting of a poor study.
In case you want to read it:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210324/horr72.pdf*Of course asylum-seekers impact more they are often fleeing undeveloped countries with nothing but a paper sack of clothes. I don't want to demonise those guys either.
