Immigration curbs could have a decisive impact on the election result. Second only to the economy in key marginals. | Migration Watch UK
The extent to which immigration is likely to play a decisive role in the forthcoming election is spelled out in a new poll published today. The poll, conducted by YouGovfor Migrationwatch, was held in the vital 57 “marginal” seats which the Conservatives must win to gain a reasonable working majority; 43 are Labour held and 14 […]
‘if The Tories Are Serious About Immigration It Will Be In The Manifesto’
Commentary By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UK The Times, London, 11 January, 2010 It was good to see an Archbishop give the political system a hefty kick last week. Lord Carey’s courageous intervention in support of the cross-party group called Balanced Migration certainly caught the attention of the public and gave a huge boost to […]
MW179 : Immigration and Pensions | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 Claims that immigration is needed to support the provision of pensions and care for the elderly are deeply misleading. As immigrants tend to be young, their arrival does reduce the average age of the population. But to maintain any substantial and enduring effect on the age-structure requires a constant increase in the number […]
Massive Increase in Family Visitors. Appeals Now Cost Tax Payers 1 Million a Week | Migration Watch UK
Appeals against the decision of immigration officials to refuse family visas to enter the UK have increased eight fold since charges were abolished by the government in 2002 and are now running at over a thousand a week. They cost the taxpayer £1m a week, says a report from think-tank Migrationwatch. Unlike ordinary visitors, “family visitors” have […]
Sir Andrew Green: 10 Reasons Our Visa System Is Rotten To The Core
Commentary in The Daily Mail 30 December, 2009 We got lucky – this time. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian graduate of University College London who tried to blow up a passenger aircraft over Detroit was turned down for a student visa when he applied for one in May. He had been stupid enough to try […]
Student Visas ‘a Massive Hole’ In Border Controls As Numbers Top 1.5 Million In 8 Years
Nearly 3/4 of visas under the Points Based System are given to students 11/2 million students admitted in just 8 years No checks on how many leave UK Role of Immigration Officers severely undermined A new report out today reveals that student visas are a massive loophole in our border controls. Nearly three quarters of […]
Student Visas ‘A Massive Hole’ in Border Controls as Numbers Top 1.5 Million in 8 Years | Migration Watch UK
Nearly 3/4 of visas under the Points Based System are given to students1½ million students admitted in just 8 yearsNo checks on how many leave UKRoll of Immigration Officers severely undermind A new report out today reveals that student visas are a massive loophole in our border controls. Nearly three quarters of visas issued under […]
Service Under Strain As ‘migrant A Minute’ Registers With An Nhs Doctor
New research published today reveals the pressure that immigration is placing on the NHS. The research, conducted by Migrationwatch, found that in 2007-8, 605,000 people who arrived from overseas registered with a GP in England and Wales – equivalent to one registration a minute, day and night, throughout the year. This was nearly 100,000 more than […]
Service under strain as ‘Migrant a minute’ registers with an NHS doctor | Migration Watch UK
New research published today reveals the pressure that immigration is placing on the NHS. The research, conducted by Migrationwatch, found that in 2007-8, 605,000 people who arrived from overseas registered with a GP in England and Wales – equivalent to one registration a minute, day and night, throughout the year. This was nearly 100,000 more than […]
MW175 : Over Half a Million Newly Arrived Foreign Migrants Registered with GPs Last Year | Migration Watch UK
1 Official statistics show that 605,000 people, arriving from overseas registered with GPs in 2007/8. Analysis by Migrationwatch indicates that this was nearly 100,000 more than the inflow recorded in the International Migration Statistics for England and Wales for the same period. This suggests that short-term migrants (or illegal migrants) have also registered. Only 69,000 […]