MW169 : 70 MILLION : MYTH OR NOT? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Some responses to the ONS population projections published on 21 October[1] have been to claim that there are reasons to believe that 70 million will not, in practice, happen. This note examines some of the arguments. Projections are not predictions 2. The ONS say explicitly that their projections do not take account of future […]
The Points Based System: Why It Will Not Stop Our Population Hitting 70 Million
“At his press conference on 10 November, the Prime Minister claimed that the Goverment’s Points Based System “has made a huge difference” to immigration. However, our study of the system reveals very serious weaknesses. We think that it has eliminated the professional judgement of Immigration Officers in favour of a complex box ticking process which […]
MW168 : The Points Based SystemWhy it will not stop our population hitting 70 million | Migration Watch UK
The Government’s Points Based System (PBS) will not prevent the UK’s population hitting – and then exceeding – 70 million.Unlike the Australian system, the PBS places no limit on the number of immigrants allowed to settle in the UK. It applies to just 20% of those granted a visa to enter Britain.The PBS would have […]
Labour Concealed a shift in immigration policy | Migration Watch UK
In Parliament today the Immigration Minister denied that there had been any change in immigration policy in 2001 nor, therefore, any political motive. However, there is clear evidence of a Labour shift in immigration policy in 2001-2 which was concealed from the public at the time, according to the attached Briefing Paper by think tank Migrationwatch. Commenting, […]
MW167 : Did Labour conceal a change in immigration policy? | Migration Watch UK
Introduction 1 Speaking in response to an emergency question in Parliament today, the Minister for Immigration claimed that: – The Labour Government had inherited a pattern of immigration from their predecessors– There was no evidence of a change in immigration policy by Labour in the period 1997-2001 and, therefore, no concealed political motive. Both claims […]
An Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants?Migrationwatch Response to the GLA Paper
Summary 1 The following are the main points: Numbers 2 The estimate of the number of illegals in Britain is clearly critical. The Report recognises (page 36) that the consensus among informed observers has been that those who stay beyond the validity of their visas are likely to be a much larger group than those […]
HUGE COST OF AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS QUANTIFIED | Migration Watch UK
An amnesty for illegal immigrants would be bound to encourage further illegal immigration, their present number has been seriously underestimated and the lifetime cost would be in the order of £130 billion even on that low estimate of numbers, says a report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. The report is in reply to a paperpublished by the London […]
Comment: Mass Immigration Deliberate Labour Policy
Following the recent revelation, in the Evening Standard, by Andrew Neather, a former senior adviser to Tony Blair, Jack Straw and David Blunkett, about the Government’s political agenda to open up Britain’s immigration controls to mass immigration Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green said, in The Daily Telgraph that “Now at least the truth is out, and it’s dynamite. “Many have […]
Official Statistics Published Today Show Immigration Will Add Just Under 7 Million To The UK Population In The Next 25 Years | Migration Watch UK
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of think tank MigrationwatchUK, said: “The Government is in denial about the impact of immigration on our population growth.” “Seventy per cent of the fastest growth rate in history is due to immigration. “ “That is equivalent to the entire population of London in the next 25 years.” “The Government’s own […]
IMMIGRANT POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN TWO MILLION IN EIGHT YEARSImmigrants have almost doubled under Labour | Migration Watch UK
The number of immigrants in the UK has increased by more than two million in the last eight years, says a Government sponsored report – that is nearly 700 a day – entirely consistent with the figure predicted by think tank Migrationwatch in 2002 which at the time was vilified by critics. The report [1], by […]