Immigration: Labour Party Broadcast
Commenting on the Labour Party Broadcast, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Ed Miliband’s proposals could be useful in curbingunscrupulous employers but they deal mainly with EU migration. In fact, only aquarter of the nearly 3 million immigrants in Labour’s last ten years came fromthe EU. He is wrong to imply that immigration […]
Migration Statistics: Students
Commenting on the latestMigration Statistics, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “A reduction of athird in one year is welcome evidence that the government’s policies arestarting to take effect. Immigration from outside the EU is down by60,000 but visas for university students in 2012 were up by 3%. Theuniversities have been wrong […]
International Students: Business, Innovation And Skills Committee
Today the government responded to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee report on International Students. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green,Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The government are absolutely right tostick to their guns. All of our competitors include students in net migrationas well as showing them as a separate category; just as Britain does. Theuniversities have […]
MW292 : Indian Students in the UK – Some essential context | Migration Watch UK
Introduction 1. Much has been made of the recent fall in international students to the UK from India. David Cameron has just returned from India after banging the drum for British Universities and encouraging genuine students to study here. This is entirely compatible with effective immigration controls. Indian student visa grants have fallen because recent […]
Yes Prime Minister – Those Indian Students were Bogus | Migration Watch UK
During the Prime Minister’s recent visit to India, the immigration lobby claimed that the recent 25% drop in student numbers from India is evidence that Britain has been sending a negative message to overseas students. The reality is that the number of visas granted to Indian students almost doubled in the two years after the […]
MW291 : Convicted Foreign Criminals and the Right to Family Life | Migration Watch UK
The paper which appears below under the title “Convicted foreign criminals and the right to family life (2)” was completed on 13 February 2013. It is appropriate to precede it with further comments following the Home Secretary’s article on the subject which appeared in The Mail on Sunday on 17 February. The Home Secretary accuses […]
MW289 : EU Nationals and access to the British Welfare State | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Access to the UK benefit system is primarily based on residence. An EU national who moves to the UK and is considered habitually resident has the same entitlement to benefits as a UK national regardless of their previous tax or National Insurance contributions. Habitual Residence is automatic in the case of workers and […]
Incentives for Romanian and Bulgarian Migration to the UK
Summary 1. Even at the minimum wage in Britain there are very strong financial incentives for Romanians and Bulgarians to migrate to the UK, especially as wages here are topped up by substantial in-work benefits. Take home pay (including benefits) for a single worker is four or five times higher and for families eight or […]
Benefits for Overseas Children Cost UK Taxpayer £1 million per week | Migration Watch UK
The taxpayer is forking out over £1 million per week in child benefit to the parents whose children who do not even live in the UK, the think tank Migration Watch UK reveals today in a new Briefing Paper. The revelation comes following the disclosure that child benefit and tax credits are paid in respect of […]
Visa Requirements For The Schengen Area
According to the Consulate General of France inEdinburgh, an application for a short stay visa of up to 90 days requires 10original documents and 10 photocopies of them, including: – a national passport or official traveldocument – two recent passport size photographs – proof of applicants current status/occupation – proof of financial means of support […]