MW206 : Immigration and Education; response to the IPPR | Migration Watch UK
The IPPR has recently published a critique of Migrationwatch’s recent report on the likely future impacts that immigration would have on primary and secondary education in the UK. Their critique does not attempt to challenge our main point – namely that mass immigration of 3 million over the last 12 years is likely to add 0.5 million to the […]
MW205 : Immigration and Demand for Education: Response to Critics | Migration Watch UK
Our paper published on 14 October attracted criticism from the usual quarters. None of it affected the main thrust of the report which was that there will be a very substantial increase in the demand for education as a result of the massive levels of immigration permitted, even encouraged, by the previous government. However, it should […]
Decade of immigration means ½ million more school places to be found in next five years – and 1m over ten years | Migration Watch UK
Over the next five years – to 2015 – over half a million more school places will be needed for the children of recent immigrants to the UK – those who arrived after 1998. This will cost a total of £40 billion over the period – according to a new report from think-tank Migrationwatch. By 2020 […]
The Impact of Migration on Education
Contents: Main Findings: 1. OverviewEducation is one of the most important public services provided by government, representing a major spending commitment, in 2009-10 costing in the UK – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – over £88 billion in total, of which three-quarters is specifically for pre-primary, primary and secondary education. Full time education in […]
Mrs Bercow and Migrationwatch | Migration Watch UK
In a discussion programme on Sky News on 18 August, Mrs Bercow associated Migrationwatch with Mosley and Hitler. When we heard about this, we asked for a copy of the programme and obtained a transcript of precisely what she had said. After taking advice from counsel we asked our solicitors to write to her seeking […]
Sir Andrew Green’s response to Ed Miliband’s reference to Immigration in his Acceptance Speech | Migration Watch UK
“Ed Milliband’s speech is welcome recognition that mass immigration permitted under Labour has created serious problems for us all. If he is to level with the British people, as he has promised, he must now come forward with real policies that will achieve a major reduction in immigration which is now 80% from outside the […]
MW203 : European Economic Area Rights of Residence and Removal of Citizens Between Member States | Migration Watch UK
There has been much publicity and a certain amount of unfavourable comment about measures recently taken by President Sarkozy’s government in France to deport to deport large numbers of Romas living in France back to their native countries, Romania and Bulgaria. French government spokesmen have claimed that these measures are legal within the EU and […]
Quarterly Immigration Statistics – Migrationwatch comment | Migration Watch UK
The latest quarterly immigration statistics underline the urgent need for measures to bring immigration under control. The Labour government claimed to have done this; it did nothing of the sort, as today’s figures show with: Far from limiting numbers the Points Based System has actually contributed to their increase. Migrationwatch chairman, Sir Andrew Green said: […]
Immigration and the latest employment statistics. Nearly 80% of new jobs have gone to immigrants. | Migration Watch UK
The thrust of the Migrationwatch press release “Immigration has damaged employment prospects for British workers” (below) is reinforced by today’s employment statistics release on 11 August – see http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0810.pdf. The bar chart on page 4 and table 8 show that nearly 80% of the increase in employment over the second quarter of 2010 has comprised immigrants. […]
MW198 : Deportation and Administrative Removal | Migration Watch UK
1 The subject of deportation is regulated by certain sections of the Immigration Act 1971 and administrative removal is regulated by section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Detailed provisions on both procedures are set out in paragraphs 362 – 395F of the Immigration Rules. Paragraph 362 states that a deportation order authorises […]