Focus on Community Impact of Immigration, Review Tells BBC

BBC coverage of immigration should focus more on how it affects communities, public services, housing, and the labour market, an independent review has said. The review conducted by Migration Observatory director Madeleine Sumption and published on Wednesday found that research participants “of all persuasions” wanted to hear more about the long-term impact of immigration. “The biggest single topic audience research participants wanted to hear more about was the social and economic impacts of migration. That is, how migration affects public services, the labour market, housing, communities or crime. “These topics were often the priority for people who were concerned about levels of migration, but not exclusively. Many thought positives about migration were under-reported, such as migrants’ contributions to the labour market,” Ms. Sumption wrote....