Immigration & The Environment
By Sir Leslie Fielding, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex and Chairman of the Sussex Overseas Development Institute. The issue of continued large scale immigration into the UK, while immediate, also needs to be seen in a longer-term perspective, in the context of two of the greatest issues of our time: the changing […]
The Economic Impact Of Immigration
Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, gave oral evidence to the House of Lords Economic Committee on Tuesday 15 January, about the economic impact of immigration. As well as Sir Andrew, the Rt Hon Liam Byrne, MP, Minister of State for Borders & Immigration, Mr John Elliot, Chief Economist, Home Office and Mr Jonathan Portes, Chief Economist, Department of […]
In response to a request from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee who are investigating the economic impact of immigration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the government’s earlier written evidence Migrationwatch chairman, Sir Andrew Green said that once again the Government had failed to make a convincing case for levels of immigration which are 25 times higher than at any time in nearly a thousand years of our history. ‘In their evidence they reiterated many of their previous […]
Migrationwatch: Supplementary Evidence To The House Of Lords Economic Affairs Committee
In response to a request from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee who are investigating the economic impact of immigration, Migrationwatch has submitted written evidence in response to the Government case. Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, will give further oral evidence to the Committee on 15 January. Commenting on the government’s earlier written evidence Migrationwatch chairman, Sir Andrew Green said […]
Migrationwatch Commentary On The Item Club “special Report On Migration And The Uk Economy”
Said chairman Sir Andrew Green: ‘This report is very far from an objective assessment of the issue from a body which openly favours “open doors to economic migrants”, despite the highest levels of immigration in our history. This is despite some of the findings in their own report – particularly the small or even negative impact on GDP […]
Migrationwatch issued today January, 7 a commentary on the Item Club “Special report on migration and the UK economy” released on 18 January, 2008. | Migration Watch UK
Said chairman Sir Andrew Green: ‘This report is very far from an objective assessment of the issue from a body which openly favours “open doors to economic migrants”, despite the highest levels of immigration in our history. This is despite some of the findings in their own report – particularly the small or even negative impact on […]
Population Out Of Control: Why Present Policies Cannot Keep Our Population Even To 70 Million
Summary The government have assured the public that the population of the UK will not be allowed to reach 70 million and that their new Points Based System (PBS) will ensure that this is achieved. Unfortunately, this cannot possibly be so…….. Conclusion ……Last year the PBS would have only stopped 11,500 migrants out of 237,000 […]
Incentives for work
“We need immigrants to do the work that the British won’t do” 1 This paper considers the financial incentives to work for those on low incomes. In particular, it takes account of housing benefits and the impact of incapacity benefit. It examines the net earnings of people living on benefits as compared to those working […]
Uk Benefits System Linked To Immigrant Workers Says Report
Evidence that the system of social security benefits is one factor in attracting large numbers of foreign workers to the UK has come from a new study out today. An in depth analysis of the operation of the current benefit system, by think tank Migrationwatch, has shown that the effect of benefit levels combined with means […]
UK benefits system linked to immigrant workers says report | Migration Watch UK
Evidence that the system of social security benefits is one factor in attracting large numbers of foreign workers to the UK has come from a new study out today. An in depth analysis of the operation of the current benefit system, by think tank Migrationwatch, has shown that the effect of benefit levels combined with means […]