evidence: This briefing examines the labour market situation of people who were born abroad and have migrated to the UK. ... Click to read more.The word ‘migrant’ is used differently in different contexts. In this briefing, we use the term ‘migrant’ to refer to the foreign-born, regardless of whether they have become UK citizens. For a discussion of this terminology, see the Migration Observatory briefing Who Counts as a Migrant: Definitions and their Consequences. [...] The people this briefing examines will have migrated to the UK over the course of several decades under a number of different policy regimes; ... Click to read more.For the majority, work will not have been the main reason for migration (see the Migration Observatory briefing Where do migrants live in the UK for information on the main reason for migration of the foreign-born population). For more information on work visas and people who move specifically for work, see the Migration Observatory briefing, Work visas and migrant workers in the UK. [...] There have always been more non-EU-born than EU-born workers in the UK labour market. The gap in the number of EU and non-EU-born workers narrowed from 2012 to 2016 when EU net migration to the UK was high. However, more recently, non-EU citizens have been the major source of growth in the migrant workforce. This results primarily from the fact that EU net migration remained low after the pandemic while non-EU net migration rose markedly. For more information about net migration from EU and non-EU countries, see the Migration Observatory Briefing, Net Migration to the UK.