The Immigration Appeals System Revised – 2010 Version
This Briefing Paper 8.30 substantially amends and brings up to date the previous version dated March 2005 (now deleted), taking account of recent changes in the law Introduction 1 The immigration appeals system has undergone major changes twice in recent years. Until April 2005 there was a two tier system, the first tier consisting of adjudicators sitting […]
Lib Dems Talk Tough on Immigration – But Their Actual Policies Would be “Disastrous” | Migration Watch UK
The Liberal Democrats immigration policy sounds tough but, in reality, is no better than the government’s “open door immigration policy” that has seen the biggest wave of immigration in our history, says a new report The policy was the first of the major parties to be scrutinised in detail by think-tank Migrationwatch as the parties set […]
MW184 : LIBERAL DEMOCRAT IMMIGRATION POLICY | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 Tough rhetoric about “control” seems designed to distract attention from the absence of limits of any kind. Introduction2 Liberal Democrat policy on immigration has three main strands : [1]a) Emphasis on “control”b) A scheme for directing immigration to some regionsc) Support for illegal immigrants to be allowed to “earn regularisation”. Control3 There is strong […]
The Immigration Appeals System Revised – 2010 Version
This Briefing Paper substantially amends and brings up to date the previous version dated March 2005, taking account of recent changes in the law. Introduction1 The immigration appeals system has undergone major changes twice in recent years. Until April 2005 there was a two tier system, the first tier consisting of adjudicators sitting alone and […]
The Key: Ethnic Communities Vote Heavily For Labour
By Sir Andrew Green,Chairman, Migration Watch UKThe Daily Telegraph, 10 February, 2010 I rubbed my eyes with disbelief when I saw an article by Andrew Neather, a former speech writer for Blair, Blunkett and Straw, saying that mass immigration “didn’t just happen: the deliberate policy of Ministers from late 2000 … was to open up the UK […]
Paying The Price For A Decade Of Deception
By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UKThe Daily Mail, London, 10 February 2010 So there was indeed a Labour conspiracy to change the nature of our society by mass immigration. New evidence confirms claims made by a Labour political adviser last October which he subsequently tried to recant. In an article for the Evening Standard, […]
Only Severe Cuts to Immigration will Stop Population Hitting 70 million well within 25 Years. | Migration Watch UK
Even if the birth rate were to drop to levels not seen for 100 years the UK population is almost bound to hit 70m within 25 years unless there is a dramatic cut in immigration levels, says a new report out today. An analysis of the Government’s own figures – issued on the eve of a speech […]
Labour’s mass immigration policy was politically inspired | Migration Watch UK
The massive increase in immigration under Labour was a deliberate policy undertaken for “social” as well as economic reasons. This is the conclusion of a study by Migrationwatch of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. In an article for the Evening Standard last October, Andrew Neather, a former speech writer for Blair, Straw […]
MW180 : Population Growth – Migration or Birth rate? | Migration Watch UK
Summary1 No remotely credible fall in the birth rate will prevent the UK population reaching 70 million in 25 years at the latest. The only way to curb population below this level is to make a sharp cut in net immigration from the present level of 160,500 a year to about 40,000. Introduction2 The latest […]
Immigration ‘No answer’ to Pension Time Bomb | Migration Watch UK
The ‘myth’ that continued mass immigration is the answer to Britain’s pensions time bomb has been described as ‘totally dishonest’ by a new report out today. The report from think tank Migrationwatch, finds that the present ratio of workers to pensioners could only be sustained by immigration at a level that would bring the population of […]