Immigration Appeal System now ‘A Soft Touch’… | Migration Watch UK
Fears that the appeal system has become a ‘soft touch’ have been expressed after an analysis of Government figures on asylum appeals showed a four-fold increase in six years. ‘This is a huge rise in a short time for which no Government explanation has been forthcoming,’ said Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch. ‘Once again […]
Assuring Identity – a new approach
Summary This paper describes an approach to identity cards which has the following key features: • No compulsion to acquire a card • No compulsion to carry a card • Payment made to those Registering • Disincentives for those not Registering This approach maintains all the benefits associated with having identity cards, but avoids those aspects […]
Asylum Removals a ‘Miserable Failure’ – despite £5M a day bill… | Migration Watch UK
Less than one in five failed asylum seekers is being removed from Britain – even though the whole asylum process is costing taxpayers £5million a day. The figures come from independent think tank Migrationwatch which is analysing the detail of last week’s asylum figures and has issued its interim findings. ‘It is correct that the […]
Asylum Removals a ‘Miserable Failure’ – despite £5M a day bill… | Migration Watch UK
Less than one in five failed asylum seekers is being removed from Britain – even though the whole asylum process is costing taxpayers £5million a day. The figures come from independent think tank Migrationwatch which is analysing the detail of last week’s asylum figures and has issued its interim findings. ‘It is correct that the […]
Radical scheme change opens ‘Back Door to Britain’ Radical government changes to the hitherto successful ‘Working Holiday Makers scheme,’ are opening a new and completely uncontrolled ‘back door to Britain’. | Migration Watch UK
The old scheme has generally been a success. It permitted applicants, mainly (but not exclusively) from the old Commonwealth, to have some experience of Britain and to contribute to our economy. They were allowed to work in non-professional jobs provided it was “incidental to their holiday”. In practice, the limit was up to 50% of […]
Migration from ‘New European EU Members’ grossly understated, says report… | Migration Watch UK
Annual immigration to the UK from the new Eastern European membersof the EU could be as much as four times higher than the Government’s estimate claims a new report out today. See full report. The Government’s handling of immigration is described as ‘deeply worrying’. The Home Office estimate that between 5,000 – 13,000 immigrants per year […]
MW33 : The impact on immigration of the EU expansion to Eastern Europe | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. The Home Office estimate of between 5,000 and 13,000 immigrants per year from the new Eastern European members of the EU fails to take account of the new circumstances. It is even lower than the number (20,000) who attempted to enter Britain in 2001. All such estimates come down to guesswork but 40,000 a […]
Britain must regain control of Asylum Laws… | Migration Watch UK
The UK must escape from the tangle of international Conventions and return decision-making to Westminster if the current crisis in the asylum system is ever to be resolved. That is the view of think-tank, MigrationwatchUK, which has proposed that Britain cut loose from the international straitjacket and pass her own laws adapted to her own […]
MW62 : Asylum Laws: A Way Forward | Migration Watch UK
Summary1. False asylum claimants are clogging up the system to the detriment of genuine refugees. The present legal framework is unable to deliver the only humane solution – the swift grant of asylum to those who deserve it and the rapid removal of those who do not. The 1951 Refugee Convention and the Human Rights […]
Asylum Day on the BBC | Migration Watch UK
The BBC will have a full day of TV programmes about asylum on Wednesday, 23 July. MigrationwatchUK’s Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, will be appearing on BBC1 at 10.35 pm (‘Face the Nation’ – a live debate on asylum) as one of a number of immigration and asylum experts. Harry Mitchell QC, a member of MigrationwatchUK’s […]