Immigration and the Dutch economy
Introduction 1 The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs[1], has produced a wide-ranging study of the impact of immigration on the economy of the Netherlands. The web site is www.cpb.nl 2 The main results confirm findings in the US, Canada, and the UK that the benefit of large scale […]
Government challenged to explain ‘incomprehensible’ Bangladesh work permit scheme. | Migration Watch UK
A scheme to offer 10,000 Bangladeshis permits to take up temporary employment in the UK was described as ‘incomprehensible’ when at the same time the government’s own research shows that more than 40% of young Bangladeshis already here are unemployed. [1] Think-tank Migrationwatch said the Government had serious questions to answer – compounded by the fact […]
HIV Screening Demand as Cases Surge | Migration Watch UK
A call for the Government to introduce HIV tests for long term migrants from countries where there is a high incidence of the disease has come from think- tank Migrationwatch after government figures have shown a sharp increase in cases over recent years. A report ‘The case for HIV screening‘ from the group shows that […]
The case for HIV screening
Summary • Since 1997, heterosexual intercourse has become the largest and fastest growing exposure category for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses made in the UK; • A large majority of heterosexual HIV infections recently diagnosed in the UK were acquired in Africa; • The cost of managing an HIV-positive patient in the UK is around […]
The following has been issued today by Migrationwatch in response to a report by the National Audit Office and the latest asylum statistics. NAO Report produces unexpected bombshell… | Migration Watch UK
For several years the Government has claimed that, by increasing legal means of immigration, they will reduce asylum claims. Today’s NAO report has studied the major source countries of asylum and has come to the conclusion that there is no statistical evidenceof this. Commenting Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch said:‘This blows out of the […]
Migrationwatch comment on Sunday Times report of Government marketing document on asylum and immigration… | Migration Watch UK
see www.sunday-times.co.uk) ‘Spinners plan a makeover for migrants’ This is a depressing and cynical document. It illustrates once again the Government’s obsession with spin. They clearly recognise they have lost the trust of the vast majority of the public – this is not surprising because they have completely failed to explain why current levels of immigration […]
Government challenged over immigration to fill ‘catering’ vacancies… | Migration Watch UK
Claims that more immigrants are needed to help fill 60,000 catering jobs in London have been challenged after an analysis of employment statistics show that nearly four times that number of Londoners (230,000) are unemployed – 55% of whom are aged between 18 and 34. At a press conference following the immigration ‘summit’ on April […]
MW35 : Note on the rights of workers from accession countries in the EU from 1st May | Migration Watch UK
IntroductionThe free movement of persons is one of the “fundamental freedoms” of the EC/EU. From 1 st May 2004, nationals of the 10 accession countries have had the right to travel freely and live anywhere in the enlarged EU. However, for up to 7 years the established 15 Member States (“MSs”) may restrict the right […]
MW101 : International migration in 2002 | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. On 29 April, 2004 the Office for National Statistics published its detailed estimates of international migration for 2002 [i].2. The overall net immigration total was confirmed as 153,400 people – continuing the pattern of high net immigration we have seen since 1998. In total there has been net immigration of 790,000 people in the 5 […]
Immigration now 60% of population growth… | Migration Watch UK
Immigration has accounted for almost two thirds of the increase in the UK population in the five years to 2002. Children born to immigrants after their arrival in the UK have not been counted as immigrants in this calculation – if they were the proportion would be higher. An analysis by think-tank Migrationwatch of the […]