Home Office consultation on managed migration routes Comments by MigrationwatchUK
Summary1. The government’s proposals clarify the system but make only limited changes. Most importantly, they propose no limit to the number of work-related migrants who can settle in the UK. 2. As the number of work permits has quadrupled since 1997, work-related migrants and their dependants now constitute a significant proportion of overall long-term migration […]
The following statement has been issued by think-tank Migrationwatch in response to the publication today of total international migration estimates and population projections | Migration Watch UK
These are staggering figures which totally demolish the Government’s claim that it has a ‘Managed Migration’ policy. In fact they show that immigration into the UK is out of control. Foreign immigration is up 45% to 342,000 – that is equivalent to the city of Leicester in a single year This was partly offset by […]
Transnational marriage a ‘root cause’ of poor integration says report | Migration Watch UK
The problems of integrating immigrant communities – so graphically described in the last few days by Commission for Racial Equality chairman, Trevor Phillips – will only get worse if action is not taken soon to severely curtail transnational marriages in the UK, says a report out today. Such marriages make a major contribution to the […]
Transnational marriage and the formation of Ghettoes
Summary1. International arranged marriages are a major factor in the formation of ghettoes in Britain. Even in the second generation, a high proportion of immigrants from certain countries enter arranged marriages with spouses from their county of origin. This sets back integration by a generation. The flow of spouses and fianc(e)s from the Indian Sub […]
Numbers are at heart of immigration debate | Migration Watch UK
The assumption that immigration at its current unprecedented level is somehow ‘inevitable’ has been challenged by think tank Migrationwatch in a response to the recent report from the IPPR , ‘Beyond Black and White.’ In part the IPPR report said that “… there is the growing realisation that immigration is set to continue, as the […]
IPPR Report Beyond Black and White
Summary1. A useful report providing detail of the origin, present location and economic performance of our immigrant communities. However, the methodology, based on census comparisons, deals only with the stock of immigrants rather than the flow. It thus obscures the very rapid increase in foreign immigration which has quadrupled since the early 1990s. Immigration now […]
Migration study ‘misses point’ – Comments by Sir Andrew Green about the IPPR Report. | Migration Watch UK
Introduction by BBC News web site – A report from the IPPR think tank shows 7.53% of people living in Britain were born overseas. However, pressure group Migration Watch is critical of the report, as its chairman explains. This report is full of interesting detail – and empty of serious content. In fact, it completely […]
Immigrants add over a million to our population in seven years | Migration Watch UK
Immigration has added over one million to the population of the UK since 1997 says a new report out today.(Read Report) Following the publication of the mid-year population estimates on 25 August, think-tank Migrationwatch UK has reviewed the flow of people to and from the UK so as to assess the true scale of immigration. […]
Migrationwatch Successes | Migration Watch UK
Here is a list of some of the key points which Migrationwatch has inserted into the debate on immigration and asylum: 1 Impact on population growthMigrationwatch were first to point out that the Government had failed to include the children of immigrants when they claimed that immigration accounted for only just over half of expected […]
Reference List of Press Releases September 2004 – August 2005 | Migration Watch UK
Sept 8: Visits from accession countries Sept 16: Comment on PM’s article in The Times Sept 22: Overseas Marriage (report) Oct 4: Two million population increase per decade (report) Oct 12: Housing demand up by one million (report) Oct 28: Implications of EU Constitution (report) Nov 1: Foreign nurses (report) Nov 4: One million immigrants […]