Drop The Target Has Dropped The Ball
A paper just issued by the Migration Matters Trust claims: “Shocking new figures reveal that cutting net migration to less than 100,000 per year could hammer British jobs.” The ‘research’ content comprises two graphs of net migration plotted against the UK unemployment and UK employment rates respectively. These show that over the past ten years, […]
EU demands on Citizens’ Rights are absurdly inflated | Migration Watch UK
There is widespread agreement in Britain that the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU should be protected. However, the Working Paper published in Brussels for consideration today by the Council Working Party on the Brexit negotiations contains a thoroughly unreasonable set of demands. The agreement would, in effect, […]
MW410 : The Conservative Party Manifesto | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. A commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. Achieved by ending free movement and reducing EU migration as well as further measures to reform non-EU migration. Not yet a complete package but the direction of travel is very clear. Introduction and General Approach 2. The Conservative Party published their manifesto […]
Assessment of Labour and Conservative manifestos on immigration | Migration Watch UK
Now that the last immigration statistics before the election have been issued, Migration Watch UK have today published their assessment of the immigration sections of the Labour and Conservative manifestos. The Labour manifesto makes no commitment to reduce immigration. The emphasis is on unspecified reforms intended to make the system “fair” so that it “works for the […]
MW411 : Immigration – the Labour Party Manifesto for 2017 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. No commitment to reduce immigration. Vague mention of reforming the system to make it work “for the many, not the few”. All specific measures mentioned would increase immigration. The overall effect would be to undermine still further the effectiveness of the present system in controlling the level of immigration. Introduction 2. The Labour […]
No Evidence That Cutting Net Migration Would Be ‘catastrophic’ For British Economy
The organisation Global Future argues in a recent report(published on 19th March) that cutting net migration would be ‘catastrophic’ for the British economy. It claims that continued high rates of net migration help keep unemployment low, tackle the UK’s chronically low productivity growth and are essential in helping to address the consequences of an ageing population. None […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS net migration figures
Commenting on the release of the ONS Net Migration Statistics, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: This reduction in net migration is welcome but it is still running at a quarter of a million a year – a level that would have once have been dismissed as incredible. This means, broadly, […]
Migration Watch Uk Press Comment On Today’s Net Migration Figures
Commenting on the release of the ONS Net Migration Statistics, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This reduction in net migration is welcome but it is still running at a quarter of a million a year – a level that would have once have been dismissed as incredible. “This means, broadly, […]
The assumption that migrants make a positive contribution to public finances has no basis in fact | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 21 May, 2017 In recent days the BBC have been repeating as if it were a fact a claim that the Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast that reducing net migration to 100,000 a year would cost the Exchequer up to £6bn a year. This followed […]
MW409 : Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer £6bn a year? | Migration Watch UK
Introduction 1. There have been recent claims that achieving the government’s target of reducing net migration would cost the Exchequer up to £6bn every year. These appear to be based on a misunderstanding of the OBR Fiscal Sustainability Report of 2017. The case against 2. Migrants, like everyone else, pay tax on their earnings if […]