Migrationwatch Analysis of Asylum Figures | Migration Watch UK
1. Asylum claims in 2003 are up 18% Q3 in comparison with Q2 at 14,765 compared with 12,510. 2. The percentage applying at port is down to 28% compared with 32% in Q2 and 32% in 2002 and 35% in 2001 as a whole. It appears therefore that withdrawal of benefits has not been an […]
Fundamental change ‘only answer’ to asylum and immigration crisis… | Migration Watch UK
Public confidence has been damaged by the Home Secretary’s recent statement that he sees ‘no obvious upper limit to the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter Britain’. Until now it has been the consensus that a firm and fair immigration policy is a fundamental requirement of good community relations. If we are ever to […]
Responses to comments from the Independent and the Home Office
Following comments (1) in the Independent newspaper and (2) from the Home Office regarding the accuracy of statistics published by Migrationwatch the organisation has responded as follows. 1. Response to the Independent: November 17, 2003 The Independent sought to contrast three statements by Migrationwatch and the Home Office. The following is an analysis: 1. The MW […]
Asylum and Immigration: A programme of action
Summary1. This paper sets out a series of measures, to be implemented over a period of years, in order to restore control of our borders and bring asylum and immigration under control. Introduction2. Immigration has now reached a scale that will significantly affect our society, and especially our cities. The order of magnitude is at […]
Non British immigration more than doubled in the last six years | Migration Watch UK
Since 1997 the number of non British immigrants who have cometo Britain has more than doubled to reach nearly a quarter of a millionin 2002. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics for the year 2002, out today, reveal that net non British immigration has now reached 245,000, roughly equivalent to the city […]
Media response to today’s asylum figures – Reduction of asylum applications masks a failure to remove | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on today’s asylum figures think tank Migrationwatch welcomed the reduction in claims which will reduce the pressure on the asylum system and the cost (currently about £2bn a year) to the tax payer – even though Britain is still the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the industrialised world. But, it says, this may […]
Draft EU constitution: Implications for asylum and immigration
Summary1. Britain’s circumstances are very different from those of our European partners. We do not “fit” the continental model. 2. Experience so far of European “co-operation” has not been encouraging. Our European partners have declined to endorse British ideas for exerting EU economic pressure to achieve repatriation agreements. They have also effectively turned down suggestions […]
Asylum ‘amnesty’ looks set to be repeated | Migration Watch UK
The ‘one-off’ amnesty announced by the Government last week to some 15,000 families of asylum seekers – totaling perhaps 50,000 people – may well happen again. The Government have admitted to only half the likely numbers. There could well be a similar number who are already ‘in the pipeline’ and who will, in due course, […]
MW142 : Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1.On October 24, 2003 the Home Secretary announced that 15,000 families who had sought asylum before October 2000, and most of whom had had their application rejected, would be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The families selected were ones who had a child at the time of making their application. The […]
Report Proposes Payment for ID cards… | Migration Watch UK
People could be paid to have an ID card under proposals put forward in a paper published today by think-tank Migrationwatch. The paper, written by an IT expert with experience of designing and implementing complex computer systems, proposes a ‘virtual card’, in that there would be no need to carry it, nor would it be compulsory. After […]