MW46 : HIV infection from overseas | Migration Watch UK
The increase in heterosexual infectionThe annual figures for HIV infections, published recently, show an alarming trend. Homosexually acquired infections have been relatively stable for ten years (they are now at about 1700 a year). However, heterosexually acquired HIV has increased by a factor of five from about 700 in 1994 to 3,800 in 2003. Infection […]
Student ‘Scams’ provide yet another back door into Britain
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 […]
Q3 Asylum Figures. MigrationWatch press statement | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the asylum statistics released today, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman Migrationwatch UK, said “This is bad news for the government. Asylum seekers are up by 13% and removals are down for the fourth successive quarter. It is increasingly clear that the governments present policies cannot reduce asylum claims to acceptable levels, especially as 70% […]
Workers from eastern Europe | Migration Watch UK
The Government have announced that 91,000 Eastern Europeans have registered since May, nearly half of them new arrivals. This is a very large number. At an annual rate it is 7 times the governments maximum prediction of 13,000. The Government have shown a complete lack of foresight. In recent years, they have quadrupled work permits […]
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION Nearly one million immigrants since 1997 Massive levels continue, despite fall in asylum | Migration Watch UK
Figures released by the ONS today show that immigration remains at a very high level, despite the fall in asylum seekers that the government has been stressing. Net international migration to the UK in 2003 at 151,000 was almost the same as the 153,000 in 2002. This was the fifth consecutive year that the level […]
Immigration: The need for foreign nurses
Summary 1. The number of nurses entering the UK has risen from less than 5,000 a year in the 1990s to around 15,000 in each of the last three years. Even this number amounts to only 6% of net foreign immigration. It is not a justification for large scale immigration. 2. Overseas recruitment of nurses […]
Foreign nurse recruitment a red herring. | Migration Watch UK
The Royal College of Nurses claim today that there has been a big increase in the number of nurses leaving Britain for the United States.A report by think-tank MigrationWatch (read report) puts these numbersinto perspective. Admission to the UK Register of Nurses from overseas has roughly trebled from 5,000 in 1997/98 to 15,000 in 2003/4. […]
The Impact of the EU Constitution on asylum and immigration | Migration Watch UK
The EU Constitution will be the end of any serious attempt to control our own borders. This is the conclusion of a report by think tank MigrationwatchUK issued today. The report pulls together in one document the complex issues surrounding the future management of asylum and immigration under the EU Constitution to be signed by […]
The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: Implications for asylum and immigration in the UK
Summary1. The UKs circumstances are very different from those of our EU partners. We do not fit the continental model. 2. The British Governments attempts to influence EU policies on asylum and immigration have met with little success. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation […]
Immigration increase raises housing demand by m | Migration Watch UK
Future demand for housing in the UK is likely to be nearly 750,000 more than Government plans as the rapid increase in immigration is set to raise the population to record levels. When the last Government forecast of housing need was published in 2000 based on 1996 population projections they showed the number of households […]