One in 10 workers in the UK is an immigrant, and over a third of them have arrived over the last decade, a new study reveals.

Latest research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies looked at employment patterns, labour force participation, self-employment and wages in the labour market from 1979 to 2004 and found a tenth of all workers were from an immigrant background.

More than a third of all working age immigrants living in the UK in 2004 had arrived during the past 10 years, it said, while foreign-born individuals constituted around 10.5% of the working age population in Britain last year.

The report also found stark differences in earning power. Among Britain’s foreign-born workers, the study revealed a dividing line in wages between white and non-white immigrants.

Employees from white immigrant communities were found to have vastly higher wages than immigrants from ethnic minority districts, particularly amongst men.

Stratification was highest for Bangladeshi men, who earn about 40% less than their white colleagues.

Neither are non-white immigrants starting their own businesses. Researchers found that white men are more likely to be self-employed than non-whites; however, in certain communities and sectors there are exceptions.

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