A Totally Avoidable Tragedy
This is not the first time, nor will it be the last When will our ruling politicians wake up? Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is a name that will live in infamy. The murderer of Tom Roberts – a young man who dreamt of serving his country by becoming a Royal Marine. A lying, vicious, psychotic killer from Afghanistan […]
Mass Immigration Does Damage To Britain
We have to admit there is a problem before we can solve it Mass immigration’s negative impact The first step to solving a problem is admitting there is a problem. On borders and immigration, this is the hurdle we continue to face, despite Brexit and despite countless votes by the British public to bring down immigration. In […]
They Told Us Immigration Would Come Down
The country is changing fast due to mass immigration We were promised control of our borders and reduced immigration We imagine that like us at Migration Watch UK, you have had enough of attention-grabbing headlines and big (broken) promises. Perhaps it’s still early days for this Prime Minister and his Home Secretary, and to be […]
Modern slavery Referrals by small boat migrants (2018-2022)
Key points Introduction 1.Since 2018, England’s southern coast has experienced frequent, often daily, crossing of immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom illegally via small boats holding anything from five to fifty or more people. This year, it has emerged that a significant number of these individuals have been making claims of modern slavery. In 2021, […]
We’ll Hold Them To Account In 2023
We won’t let up on holding their feet to the fire We won’t ease up on holding the government’s feet to the fire in 2023 Happy New Year! While the Prime Minister promises (again) to crack down on illegal boat crossings, the even bigger story of a decades-long immigration tsunami struggles to gain attention. That […]
2022: A Year Of Broken Records And Promises. What Of 2023?
2022 has been a momentous year of broken records. In the year ending September 2022, immigration was in excess of one million, with net migration of over half a million. The inflow from outside the EU of students and their dependants and those coming to work plus their dependants and of course those who came […]
News Emerges That The Uk Is Granting Three Times More Asylum Applications Than France
Migration Watch UK’s latest research has had a big impact in the press this week. This research paper shows that the UK is approving nearly three times as many of its asylum claims as France and double the European Union average. This makes it clear just how generous the UK is to asylum seekers when compared with […]
Recent change in the UK asylum grant rate
Summary 1. The UK’s asylum grant rate at the initial decision stage was nearly three times that of France (72% compared with 25%) in 2021, a year during which 28,500 people came to the UK from France in boats. The UK grant rate is now a permissive outlier compared with most of Europe and, by September 2022, had risen […]
Should We Believe Them Now?
Will the PM stick to his guns on border control? Is this really anything new? The ‘five-point’ plan unveiled by the Prime Minister on Tuesday is in reality nothing new. Speeding up processing and removals, getting asylum seekers out of costly hotel accommodation and introducing further legislation to make removals easier are all promises made in the […]
They Just Shrug Their Shoulders
Lord Green asks how we’ll bring down immigration Politicians react to shocking census and immigration figures with a shrug of the shoulders The facts are there for everyone to see. Immigration has changed the country. In some parts, Britain has been transformed in just a few decades, picking up pace since the turn of the century. In historical […]