Migrationwatch response to the Prime Minister’s speech on immigration April 27 | Migration Watch UK
Like the Prime Minister we support managed migration. The problem is that the current situation could in no way be described as managed. Foreigners are not recorded in and out of Britain and only one in five of failed asylum seekers are removed. But he has avoided the main point. Legal immigration is at an […]
Migrationwatch media comment | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on Government plans for a ‘blitz’ on illegal immigration announced today independent think tank Migrationwatch called it `largely window dressing.` The measures on sham marriages were welcome, if long overdue. But the proposals on students would have little effect as there is still to be no check on whether students, genuine or not, actually […]
Response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Asylum Applications
Summary1. Contrary to popular belief, there has been no major increase in the worldwide total of asylum seekers nor in the number coming to Europe over the last ten years. However, the proportion of applicants to Europe who come to Britain has increased enormously from 5% in 1992 to 27% in 2002.2. Clearly, Britain is […]
MW108 : The number of failed asylum seekers remaining in the UK | Migration Watch UK
1. The government have avoided putting a figure on exactly how many asylum seekers whose claims have failed remain in the UK. They say that, as they cannot provide a precise figure, they will not provide one at all. 2. However, it is possible to make an independent estimate based entirely on Home Office data […]
Media comment from Migrationwatch on immigration ‘summit’ | Migration Watch UK
‘The Prime Minister, in his press conference, completely missedthe point. Public concern is not just about abuse of the immigration system. It is also about the nature and scale of immigration which is the highest in our history. In 2002 net non EU immigration was 233,000. Our estimate is that only just over a quarter […]
MW122 : How skilled are immigrants to Britain? | Migration Watch UK
1. Settlement figuresIn the period 1998-2002 (5 years) the proportions of the total number of grants of settlement were as follows: Category Average 1998-2002 2002 only Employment 14% 17% Asylum 30% 26% Family formation 48% 45% Discretionary grants 8% 9% Category unknown <1% 2% Note: 1) Employment and Asylum includes dependants who are about half […]
Over half proposed extra housing needed for new immigrants… | Migration Watch UK
In an interview with The Observer on 21 March, The Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, indicated that the government plan to double the rate of house building in England. He was responding to the Barker Report which recommends building an extra 120,000 new private sector homes in England each year to reduce the trend in […]
Migration and Housing
Summary1. The government has now formally admitted in a written answer (HL 627 – see endnote 5) that their household projections, and therefore their housing plans, have failed to take sufficient account of the high levels of immigration over recent years. They are based on a 1996 immigration projection of 65,000 a year. The latest […]
Real impact of migration ‘concealed’ in Government figures… | Migration Watch UK
The Government has been accused of concealing the true impact of immigration on our future population growth. Government population projections, published in December, claimed that three million, or just over 50%, of the projected population increase in the UK between 2002 and 2031 of 5.6 million would be due to immigration. But further analysis of […]
MW100 : Population Projections – Further Analysis | Migration Watch UK
1. Further analysis of the Government Actuary’s population projections has revealed that the impact of migration on the projected population has been grossly understated. 2. According to Government Actuary’s press release issued on the 18 December [1]: “Of the projected 5.6 million increase [in the overall UK population] between 2002 and 2031, just under half (2.6 […]