Lid blown on migrant cover-up | Migration Watch UK
Following a story in the Sunday Times of March 7, 2004 headed ‘Lid blown on migrant cover-up’ Migrationwatch issued the following comment: ‘The Sunday Times story takes us behind the spin to the heart of what is really going on at the Home Office. The Government’s claims of ‘managed migration’ are exposed as a charade […]
MigrationWatch comment on publication of asylum statistics. February 24… | Migration Watch UK
The reduction in claims is welcome but the UK was the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the Western world in 2003. [1] This will continue for as long as we fail to remove those whose claims are rejected. A recent House of Commons report confirmed that only one in five failed asylum seekers was removed in […]
MigrationWatch response to Home Secretary’s statement in the House of Commons re 10 accession countries joining EU in May. | Migration Watch UK
We welcome the measures to tighten up the benefit system which are long overdue. We do not believe the registrations scheme is enforceable any more than the work permit scheme has been. But the real weakness appears to be that the Government has no policy as to how many people we want on this overcrowded […]
MigrationWatch comment on EU immigration… | Migration Watch UK
David Blunkett seems to have grasped the stick firmly by the wrong end. Migrationwatch is not opposed to all immigration, as we have repeatedly and publicly made clear. Any attempt to suggest otherwise is to wilfully misrepresent our position. The issue is not whether Eastern Europeans should be allowed to work in Britain but whether […]
Figures forecast huge rise in UK population… | Migration Watch UK
Latest Government population projections reveal that the UK population could well grow by the equivalent of seven cities the size of Birmingham over the next three decades. 4.4 million (63%) of the seven million population increase will result from immigration. In an analysis of the Variant Population Projections issued by the Government Actuary’s Department last […]
Inside the Home Office
The full text of Stephen Moxon’s affidavit to the Sunday Times is below. It is an authentic and considered account which, for the first time, reveals the true state of affairs in the Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office. The government have accepted that his account is broadly correct. The following is the […]
MigrationWatch win first public debate on immigration… | Migration Watch UK
The first public debate on immigration resulted in a decisive rejection of the motion that “Britain needs more immigrants”. A vote taken before the debate began showed a majority for the motion of 44 with 115 abstentions. At the end of the debate this was reversed. The motion was defeated by 98 votes with 33 […]
Book Review: Human Visas Human Rights Challenges Arranged Marriages | Migration Watch UK
The Norwegian based Human Rights Service has published a book, entitled “Human Visas”, on the use of arranged marriages to avoid immigration controls in Europe . It is valuable research into the marriage patterns of immigrant communities in Europe . The book considers Norway , Sweden , Denmark , the UK and Germany . It […]
Government claim over Scottish migration challenged | Migration Watch UK
The Home Secretary’s case that Scotland, with its skills gaps and ageing population, is a reason why the United Kingdom needs large-scale inwards migration has been challenged in a paper from Migrationwatch. The paper says it is unclear why a low birth rate and loss of population in a relatively small part of the United […]
MW119 : Migration into Scotland | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The Home Secretary has recently cited Scotland , with its skills gaps and ageing population, as a reason why the United Kingdom needs large-scale inwards migration. But it is unclear why a low birth rate and loss of population in a relatively small part of the United Kingdom with only 8.5% of its […]