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Message from our Chairmen

Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman
Lord Green of Deddington
President
Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman
Alp Mehmet
Chairman

Our central concern is the current massive level of immigration which, if allowed to continue, would mean that the population of the UK would increase by 10 million in 25 years, 82% of it due to future migrants and their children. Migration is, of course, a natural part of an open economy and society but it must be sustainable and must have the assent of the British public - yet many in the media and political class have long dismissed widespread public concern and the strong view of a clear majority that the current level of net migration of around a quarter of a million a year must be significantly reduced.

As an independent and non-political research organisation, we are a leading voice in making the facts known as widely as possible and in making suggestions as to how immigration might be reduced. Here you will find fifteen topics, covering all the key aspects of immigration. Founded in 2001, we have a long track record of getting our estimates right as you will see from our record here.

Latest Updates | News

Briefing Paper
30
August
How effective is enforcement action against sham marriage?
[Immigration by Relatives: MW 466]
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Briefing Paper
6
August
Evidential basis for MWUK’s ‘30 Million’ claim
[Public Opinion & Voting: MW 464]
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Press Article
2
September
This is a full-blown Channel migrant crisis. We need action, not words
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Press Release
11
September
Return of the flawed post-study work visa
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Press Release
30
August
How effective is enforcement action against sham marriage?
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Video
11
September
Reintroducing a flawed route for overseas students to take up low-skilled work is short-sighted
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 MEDIA REPORTS

Home Secretary Priti Patel to introduce ‘vindaloo visas’
The Sun (20-Sep-2019)
Previously, takeaway restaurants could not recruit specialist chefs from abroad.
Ministers reverse May-era student visa rules
BBC News (12-Sep-2019)
Alp Mehmet, Migration Watch UK chair, said: 'There is no need to devalue a study visa by turning it into a backdoor route for working here.'
Boris Johnson accused of opening ‘backdoor route’ to Britain by binning tough foreign student controls
The Sun (12-Sep-2019)
Alp Mehmet, Migration Watch chair, stormed: “This unwise and retrograde step will likely lead to foreign graduates staying on to stack shelves.'
This is a full-blown Channel migrant crisis. We need action, not words
Conservative Woman (02-Sep-2019)
The number of clandestine attempts to cross the Channel by boat appears to have grown substantially over the past year, says Migration Watch UK.
Is a merit based immigration system the best way to address a country's labour shortage?
BBC World Service (02-Aug-2019)
Neil Anderson, of Migration Watch UK, Demetrios Papademetriou of Migration Policy Institute and Madeleine Sumption of Migration Observatory discuss.

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