Balkans migration should act as ‘wake-up’ call on EU enlargment… | Migration Watch UK
Large scale migration from the Balkan countries should be tackled in the countries themselves. EU resources should be more effectively targeted to underpin their economies and social structure rather than being spent on ‘grandiose’ schemes. That is the view of Professor James Pettifer, Professor and Research Associate at the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Defence Academy, […]
Balkan Asylum Seekers – Time for a new approach? by Professor James Pettifer
Introduction‘The Mountains always lose their Men’ – traditional Greek saying SUMMARY1. The Balkan region has suffered population movements throughout history. The sudden end of communism and the collapse of state industries has led to unemployment of 15-20% and to a severe weakening of central government. Meanwhile, the traditional Balkan extended family, the central unit of social […]
MW4 : The fiscal impact of immigration to the UK | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. The careful qualifications in the original research paper have been omitted. The year chosen was one of public sector surplus which exaggerated the effect. The cost of the extra infrastructure needed for this addition to our population has been ignored. For example, the impact on England ‘s housing could amount to an extra requirement […]
The government was today accused of issuing a “dodgy dossier” on the economic contribution of immigrants. | Migration Watch UK
The paper, from think-tank Migrationwatch, shows that the basic premise on which the Home Secretary is basing his case for massive immigration is highly suspect. Mr Blunkett claims that immigrants contribute a net £2.5 billion more in tax than they cost in benefits. The Migrationwatch paper challenges this. Read Report Said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of […]
MW120 : Book Review: Human Visas, Human Rights Body 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 […]
MW50 : Housing Report – The impact of immigration on housing in the UK | Migration Watch UK
1. The recently revealed inflexibility of housing supply and a major increase in the immigration projection point to even greater pressures on the housing market, especially for first time buyers who will face still higher prices. 2. An independent report just published by H M Treasury [1] examined the reasons for the under supply of housing in […]
Credibility of Government immigration figures challenged | Migration Watch UK
The credibility of the Government’s immigration statistics and the use made of them has been questioned in two reports out today from think-tank MigrationWatch. The first report concerns the population statistics issued by the Government on December 18 which the organisation accusesthem of ‘manipulating.’ ‘There has been a consistent pattern of downward manipulation of the projections […]
MW99 : 2003 Population Projections | Migration Watch UK
Summary1.The Government announced their revised population projections on the 18 th December. For migration the long-term assumption is that there will be a net increase in the population each year of 103,000 people. 2.Over the last few years the population projections have consistently underestimated the actual, officially stated levels of net migration as published each […]
Asylum Bill measures ‘long overdue’ | Migration Watch UK
In its comments on the Asylum and Immigration Bill think-tank Migrationwatch said the measures were ‘long overdue.’ ‘For too long asylum seekers have been able to exploit every opportunity for delay,’ said Chairman, Sir Andrew Green ‘The abolition of the Appeals Tribunal could be a major improvement. And it is high time that measures were […]
Government signing ‘blank cheque’ over euro immigration and asylum policy… | Migration Watch UK
Britain is in grave danger of signing a ‘blank cheque’ on immigration and asylum and handing control of this sensitive issue to Europe if current proposals contained in the draft EU Constitution are accepted. This would be a fundamental surrender of national sovereignty on a scale completely unknown in our history. That is the view […]