Poll shows immigration will be at heart of election campaign | Migration Watch UK
A new survey has confirmed that a party’s policy on immigration will play a major role in deciding how people vote in the next general election. A YouGov poll, for think tank Migrationwatch, taken last week shows that 45% agreed, including 21% who strongly agreed, that a party’s policy on immigration would influence their vote […]
Refusal to test medical staff ‘indefensible’ | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of leaving a gaping hole in the UKs defences against the spread of diseases such as AIDS and TB by its refusal to screen individuals from those countries which have high levels of these diseases before issuing them with visas for entry to Britain. An important aspect of this issue […]
Immigration: Economic arguments ‘a smokescreen’ | Migration Watch UK
Government claims for the contribution that immigration makes to the UK economy have been described as grossly misleading in a report out today. (Read report). The report, from think-tank Migrationwatch, has analysed the two key arguments that Ministers have used as they seek to persuade a sceptical public that the highest immigration levels in our history […]
Contribution of Immigration to GDP
Summary1. The governments economic justification for the present very large scale immigration has been remarkably sketchy, consisting primarily of two broad claims. One is that, although migrants make up only 8% of the population, they contribute 10% to the UKs Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The other claim, made by the Prime Minister in a speech […]
The Roma Case in the House of Lords
1. In certain countries of Eastern Europe, notably the Czech Republic and Romania, there are large communities of Roma (gypsies) who have for long been the subject of discrimination by the majority communities in those countries in education, housing, employment and other areas. As a consequence many Roma have left their own countries and sought […]
Asylum Law Reform
The “Telegraph’s” website recently carried an article about various provisions of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004, in particular the changes in the appeals system which are being brought into force as from 4 April 2005. The article quotes at considerable length the criticisms of the Act and of associated proposals […]
Overseas Medical Professionals: The Case for Testing for Communicable Diseases
Summary1. There is, at present, no requirement for doctors or nurses from overseas to undergo medical tests in order to join their professional register in the United Kingdom. Yet there has been a very rapid increase in the numbers arriving to work here, including many from countries with high prevalence rates of serious diseases. Compulsory […]
Student ‘Scams’ provide yet another back door into Britain | Migration Watch UK
Further evidence that current procedures are failing to prevent major scams within the immigration system is revealed in a new report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. Research by the group into Home Office statistics reveals serious doubts about the number of students being allowed to extend their stay in Britain, raising concerns that it is […]
Government admit immigration link to rise in housing demand for first time | Migration Watch UK
Government figures, just released, show that immigration will increase the number of households in England by nearly 1.2 million over the period 2001 –2021. The previous estimate, based on 1996 immigration assumptions, was less than 600,000 – half the new estimate.[1] The new projections mean that nearly one in three of the additional 189,000 households […]
Call for HIV tests for immigrants from Southern Africa | Migration Watch UK
Migrationwatch UK today issued a paper (Read Report) drawing attention to the very large number of HIV infections from three African countries. Last year infections acquired in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi accounted for a quarter of all new cases in the UK. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said, “This has gone far […]