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The article reports that the adults need to be encouraged into the jobs market in order to tackle the predicted job overflow in Great Britain in 10 years' time. According to demographic predictions, by 2016 there will only be enough young people to fill a third of all the jobs available in Great Britain. The organization, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, fears that not enough is being done to encourage adults to join work force. A project consortium funded by EQUAL, called Progress GB, was established last year to help refugees and migrants develop and adapt their skills for Great Britain.

The article reports that the migrant workers in Great Britain are facing language crisis. The arrival of 280,000 migrant workers from the accession states have added to the families of refugees and settled migrants. This arrival has resulted in the increased demand for over-stretched English for Speakers of Other Languages courses. In addition, refugees are also having problems in proving that they are qualified. Labor markets are open in theory only, in practice, this is rarely so. But things are starting to happen as effective education and training strategies to help migrants and refugees into work have started emerging.