Economic impact among your immigration questions answered
BBCBBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire has looked at immigration across the country, and the impact it is having on communities, public services and society.
A complex topic, the BBC aims to cut through the rhetoric and get to the facts, going beyond the headlines and politics to put the issue into context.
We asked for your questions on the matter. Here is a selection answered by Dr Madeleine Sumption MBE, who is the director of the Migration Observatory at Oxford University.
The Observatory provides impartial, independent and evidence-based analysis of data on migration and migrants in the UK to inform media, public and policy debates.
Dr Guy Clayton, 58, from East Yorkshire, asks: If net migration was taken back to zero, would the UK retirement age need to change by much to maintain the region's overall current economic output and job numbers?
"It may to some extent, population aging is a huge problem for the UK, particularly for public finances – and migration makes some difference to this, but actually the difference is surprisingly small.
"So you would need very high levels of migration sustained over long periods in order to have any meaningful impact on the number of working people as a share of the overall population."
Leo Hazlerigg, 56, from East Yorkshire, asks: What is the net economic impact of immigration on Hull and East Yorkshire?
"Overall, the economic impact of migration is actually thought to be surprisingly small.
"There are some benefits and there are also some pressures. For example, we often see a small benefit on public finances and on the NHS due to the number of workers, but there are also some costs.
"For example, we've seen that migration is one factor that has contributed to rising housing costs."
Sandra Walker, 64, from East Yorkshire, asks: Please can I have the annual cost for one illegal immigrant, one elderly person in a care home and one prison inmate? My point is the true cost is denied to the public. Are we being given the truth?
"This is something that is unfortunately quite difficult to measure – the government don't know either and that's because we don't know how many people are in the UK without legal status.
"We'd expect the costs to be relatively small – so if someone is here without status they may be working off the books so not paying income tax, but then they are also not eligible for benefits or health care."
Chris Puller, from Hull, asks: I would like to know what are the figures for Hull and East Yorkshire and the most common countries of origin for new arrivals? What percentage of recent arrivals in the last five years are employed?
"The government doesn't publish data on arrivals, specifically for Hull and East Yorkshire, but what we see at a national level is the countries of origin people come from depend a lot on the reasons for migration. So, for example, we see a lot of Indian people coming in on work or study visas.
"Among students, China is the top country of origin and we've seen people from Nigeria and Pakistan – other areas like health and care we get a lot of people from the Philippines and Zimbabwe. So, it's a real mix."
Lewis Etoria asks: Why, in a country with huge labour shortages and an aging population, are we not supportive of working-age people coming to our country to work?
"I think the UK, if you compare it to other countries, doesn't have particularly restrictive polices.
"However, we do charge people a lot of money. The UK is one of the most expensive countries to emigrate to."
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