A selection of recent media reports

Man raped two girls in Glasgow flats
A man from Afghanistan has been found guilty of raping two young girls at flats in Glasgow.
BBC News UK (03-Feb-2012)
Ten jailed over sham marriage plot
Published on Thursday 2 February 2012 18:01 Ten people have been jailed for attempting to organise an international sha...
Ilkeston Advertiser (03-Feb-2012)
IMMIGRATION CLAMPDOWN
IMMIGRANTS will only be allowed into Britain if they can \u201Cmake the country better\u201D.
Daily Star (03-Feb-2012)
Immigration: dubious means to an uncertain end
The truth is that politicians worry about immigration more than the rest of the population do, not less
Guardian.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration is not just a numbers game \u2013 it's about culture, too
The debate about what constitutes Britishness has barely begun.
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
A traitor's tale
Leaving the Labour party is uniquely traumatic, as Luke Bozier has just discovered \u2013 and I know all too well
The Spectator (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration minister wants more scrutiny of 'value' of foreign students
Expanding the number of international students in the UK is not necessarily a good t
Times Higher Education (02-Feb-2012)
Select migrants 'helped by reforms'
High-earning migrants and promising student entrepreneurs will find it easier to work in Britain as the Government aims ...
The Oxford Times (02-Feb-2012)
Damian Green: 'we only want the brightest immigrants'
The Immigration Minister says the Government will meet its target of reducing net migration into the U
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Human rights decisions led to 'ridiculous and damaging' situation, warns minister
The way courts interpret the human right to family life has led to a "ridiculo
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration minister Damian Green on who can come to UK
Britain does not need more "middle managers" or unskilled Labour and those coming in should be able to command a
BBC News - UK Politics (02-Feb-2012)
Conservatives put politics before policy on immigration
Damian Green's speech on immigration was thin, and contained nothing new.
New Statesman (02-Feb-2012)
Migrants must be 'the right people'
Immigration policies must ensure "the right people are coming here", the Immigration Minister said. Damian Green said i
Belfast Telegraph (02-Feb-2012)
Migrants must add to quality of life in Britain \u2013 minister
Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Ministe
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Tougher migration rules
Immigrants must prove they will "add to the quality of life in Britain" before they're allowed into Britain, the Governm...
ITV.com (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration focus turns to 'quality'
Helen Warrell By Helen Warrell Britain does not need more immigrants who will be "middle managers" but should inst
Financial Times Print Edition (UK) (02-Feb-2012)
Immigrants 'must benefit Britain'
Immigrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" to be let in, the immigration minister is to say.
London Evening Standard (02-Feb-2012)
UK Border Agency admit 57 of its own staff have committed immigration offences
THE UK Border Agency has been forced to admit 57 of its staff have been guilty of immi
Mirror.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
New immigration policy favours the wealthy, say critics
Immigration minister to signal more selective policy under which only the right kind of migrants are all
Guardian.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
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Jobs still vacant

By Andrew Green
Chairman of Migration Watch UK
The Daily Mail, London, 2 May, 2006

Immigration has little effect on vacancies (Letters). We had 600,000 vacancies in 2001 when the government first gave this as a reason for expanding immigration and we still have a similar number, despite net immigration of roughly 900,000 in the same period.

The reason is that the number of jobs in an economy isn’t fixed. Immigrants also create demand and thus extra vacancies, so there is no end to the cycle.

It would be much better if employers trained British workers rather than importing them from abroad. They could also try paying a decent wage to the unskilled, whose pay is being held down by the current large-scale immigration. No wonder some employers are happy.

Sir Andrew Green
Migrationwatch UK

© Copyright of Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London, 11 May, 2006


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