MW257 : Incentives for Polish Migration | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. There is a significant financial benefit for Polish nationals to migrate to the United Kingdom in search of work. Even modest savings would allow Polish workers on the minimum wage in the UK to save what they would earn in an entire year at home. The much higher benefits for families in the […]
Comment on the National Audit Office report on student immigration | Migration Watch UK
Today the NAO published a report into the student immigration system. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The NAO have lifted the lid on a scandal to which we have been pointing for several years. This report is a shocking indictment of the student visa system introduced by the previous government. The NAO […]
Immigration To Britain Is Greater Than At Any Time In History. We Must Cut Their Numbers Now
Mail OnLinePublished: 17:48, 8 March 2012UPDATED: 13:23, 9 March 2012 Migration Watch has this week published a short Briefing Paper 12.3 summarising some of the key facts about the impact of immigration on our population, jobs, housing and education. We hope that it will be helpful to those who are following the debate as the government struggles to […]
MW254 : British Council Report on Student Visa Changes | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch comments Introduction 1. On 9th February 2012, Professor Jo Beall, Director of Education and Society at the British Council, spoke on the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about a report issued by the Council which examined the experience of Australia and the United States in tightening their visa restrictions for students. She suggested that changes […]
The British Council Report on Student Visas | Migration Watch UK
The British Council drew exactly the wrong lessons in their report on the student visa systems of Australia and the United States. That was the conclusion of an examination by Migration Watch. The British Council report, publicised by an interview with the Today programme on 9 February, suggested that we should learn from American and Australian […]
Letter By Sir Andrew Green In The Sunday Times 11 March, 2012
Foreign Student Count Simon Walker, the director-general of the Institute of Directors, could hardly be more wrong about the government’s policy on foreign students (“Cameron’s immigrant student blunder”, Think Tank, last week). The government’s aim is to not to discourage bright international students who are clearly beneficial. Rather it is to clamp down on widespread […]
The NHS and Migrant Labour
Summary 1 The health and social work sector employs one in seven of all immigrants in the UK, and was the biggest employer of migrants between 2002 and 2008; many originated in less developed countries with much poorer and under resourced health care systems. 2 A principal ethical concern is that, while migratory flows of […]
Spectator Debate
‘Immigration: enough is enough.’ That’s the motion for The Spectator’s next debate, and also a major concern for many voters. Net migration at 250,000 in 2010 is well above the ‘tens of thousands’ that the Conservatives are committed to by the end of this Parliament. Should they do more to meet it, so that the UK’s economic […]
MW255 : Immigration and the Demand for Water in England | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 Population increase is one of the key drivers influencing the demand for water. The additional 6.3 million people who are expected to live in England over the next 25 years as a result, directly or indirectly, of net international migration, could increase the demand for water by almost 850 million litres a day […]
Family Migration; Overwhelming Support for Reform | Migration Watch UK
The public overwhelmingly support the government’s key proposals for the reform of family migration. That was the result of an opinion poll published by Migration Watch UKtoday. 83% supported the suggestion that British immigration officers should interview applicants in their own country to make sure that the relationship is a genuine one. The poll found strong […]