The United Kingdom will publish its first official analysis of the impact of migration next month, the immigration minister announced, as cited by the Guardian.

The study, conducted by Migration Impacts Forum, will analyse how migration changes the public services and way of life in the country. It will also cover the impact of the current restrictions on the migration of Romanians and Bulgarians.

The east of England is now the leading destination for new migrants and half of the 83,000 who have registered to work in the region have settled in Cambridgeshire, the report shows. The Cambridgeshire's population is expected to see a 12.5% increase by 2016.

The report says the migrant communities have led to a change in the nature of crime in the county, with an increase in drink-drive offences, knife crime and an international dimension added to activities such as running cannabis factories and human trafficking.

The findings from the group assessing the social impact of migration are expected to influence this autumn's local government spending round and the operation, from April, of an Australian-style points-based immigration system.

Like existing schemes in America and Australia, under the system foreigners win points for their qualifications, work experience and language skills, making it easier for highly-skilled workers to get visas.

The UK announced a set of measures last October, curbing the access of Bulgarian and Romanian jobseekers to its labour market after the two countries joined the European Union on January 1, 2007.

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