A selection of recent media reports

Government database flooded with tip-offs over illegal immigrants
A new government database is being flooded with thousands of complaints about illegal
Telegraph.co.uk (17-May-2012)
Britain 'forced to leave EU if Scotland separates'
Scottish independence could see the UK kicked out of the European Union and forced to surrender its £3 billi
Telegraph.co.uk (17-May-2012)
Illegal immigrant jailed for 12 months asks to be deported
ILLEGAL immigrant Isa Teryaki faces being deported after using a false Lithuanian passport to try to get
This is Staffordshire (16-May-2012)
One tip-off every six minutes to the illegal immigrants database
A giant new Government database is being flooded with tip-offs from the public about illegal immi
Mail Online (16-May-2012)
Home Office-approved adviser who made £1million through helping immigrants stay in the UK jailed for 10 years
A Home Office-approved adviser and his wife who made
The Mail On Sunday (16-May-2012)
Hundreds of Olympic athletes will have to use Stansted because Heathrow cannot cope with Games rush
Hundreds of Olympic athletes and coaches will be force
London Evening Standard (16-May-2012)
Bid to hear passengers' border queue views blocked
Ministers are blocking plans to publish passengers' views on nightmare border queues and other delays, the Sta
London Evening Standard (16-May-2012)
Minister blames wrong type of wind for chaos at Heathrow
Emergency plans to hire 70 more staff at troubled Heathrow were announced by the Immigration Ministe
The Independent (16-May-2012)
Almost 4,000 foreign criminals living free in UK after dodging deportation
Almost 4,000 foreign criminals are living free in Britain as they dodg
Metro (15-May-2012)
MP concerned at 80 percent illegl immigrant hike
DUMFRIES and Galloway MP Russell Brown has expressed his dismay at shock figures which reveal an 80 percent hike i
The Galloway Gazette (15-May-2012)
Does Miliband's reshuffle signal a lurch to the left?
Labour leader Ed Miliband's surprise appointment tonight of radical left-winger Jon Cruddas to head up Labou
The Mail On Sunday (15-May-2012)
Joan tweets in fury at Theresa May over Heathrow hold-up... And look out Mrs May, she has 68,000 followers
Joan Collins yesterday joined the attack on Britain's s
Mail Online (15-May-2012)
Long queues at Heathrow Airport? That's just the wind, says Immigration Minister
Long waits for passengers at the UK's airports will depend on the wind, the Immig
London Evening Standard (15-May-2012)
Extra border staff to be hired for post-Olympics student influx
Seventy extra border staff are to be urgently recruited from within Whitehall to av
Guardian.co.uk (15-May-2012)
Visa appeals to be scrapped for many visiting family in UK
Most foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to appeal if they are refused a visa to visit family member
BBC News - UK Politics (15-May-2012)
'Forced labour' of migrants in UK food industry
Some migrant workers face threatening and inhumane conditions in parts of the UK food industry, a report claims.
BBC News (15-May-2012)
Council houses are homes for the poor, not assets for the rich
Abuse of the council housing system is rife in London. Hammersmith's bid to tackle it is to be applaude
London Evening Standard (15-May-2012)
Students ''should be in immigration stats''
The government has been accused of cooking the figures by including overseas students in immigration totals so
Publicservice.co.uk (15-May-2012)
Student visa 'chaos' led to rush of illegal immigrants
Immigration chiefs were accused yesterday of presiding over "complete chaos" when the bungled introduct
The Independent (15-May-2012)
Ministers 'playing immigration numbers game' by including students
Ministers have included overseas in the government's net migration count becau
Guardian.co.uk (14-May-2012)
View list of current reports

Press Articles

Response to The Times Leader on Immigration
By Sir Andrew Green
12-May-2012

Immigration to Britain is greater than at any time in history. We must cut their numbers NOW
By SIR ANDREW GREEN
Mail Online - 09-Mar-2012

Response to Guardian Editorial on Immigration
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman
08-Feb-2012

What do the public really think about immigration?
By Sir Andrew Green
09-Jan-2012

Letter to The Sunday Times
Unpalatable truth about benefits of immigration
The Sunday Times - 13-Nov-2011

Commentary
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 01-Nov-2011

Social Housing: Rebuttal
http://fullfact.org/ have not published Migrationwatch’s rebuttal on the £1bn cost of social housing as promised so we are publishing it on our own web site.
22-Aug-2011

Why is the BBC STILL so hideously biased on immigration?
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 15-Apr-2011

We must control and limit immigration
By Matthew Pollard
11-Apr-2011

Immigration: What to do about Labour’s Enduring Legacy to Britain
By Alp Mehmet, Advisory Council Migration Watch
eGovMonitor - 04-Mar-2011

Comment: Tightening immigration benefits all legitimate students
Universities should show more interest in the UK graduates they're sending to the dole queue, rather than foreign applicants.
Politics, London - 25-Feb-2011

Was Mass Immigration a Conspiracy?
Official figures to be published on Thursday will confirm that foreign immigration under Labour added more than three million to our population.
The Daily Mail - 22-Feb-2011

In 2011 more of our politicians must become better informed about the impact on us all of unchecked immigration
By Alp Mehmet
ConservativeHome, London - 30-Dec-2010

Theresa May's announcement was the first serious attempt to check unprecedented immigration for decades.
Comment: May Day for Immigration
Politics, London - 27-Nov-2010

Migrationwatch Comment
Independent Chief Inspector of the Border Agency’s report on entry clearance in Abu Dhabi and Islamabad, published 4 November 2010
08-Nov-2010

Letter to the Times
Letter sent to The Times
The Times - 21-Oct-2010

The poorest do not migrate
Michael McGuffie (letter, 6 September) links immigration controls with people being kept in poverty in the third world. This is not the case.
The Independent - 08-Sep-2010

Immigration Curbs Are Vital For Britain's Future
By Sir Andrew Green
The Sunday Times - 05-Sep-2010

Migration Patterns
By Sir Andrew Green
The Sunday Times - 08-Aug-2010

Traffickers will seek to exploit the judgment
By Alp Mehmet
The Scotsman - 08-Jul-2010

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