International students – shifting sands? | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 26 April, 2017 There are claims that the Government is considering taking foreign students out of the immigration totals. This would certainly be the effect of the first of two amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill will shortly return to the Commons. There is no […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on reports that foreign students may be separated from the net migration totals | Migration Watch UK
April 21, 2017 Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The student route has undoubtedly been a major source of abuse in the past although it has been tightened in recent years. If student numbers are to be shown separately in future it is essential that they be published alongside the […]
MW407 : Summary of the Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Scheme | Migration Watch UK
1. Tier 5 is for those allowed to work in the UK for a limited period of time to satisfy primarily non-economic objectives. It is split into two routes – Youth Mobility and Temporary Workers. The Youth Mobility visa was introduced in November 2008 to replace the Working Holiday visa and allows participants to live […]
Migration Watch Uk Proposals For An Immigration Policy After Brexit – What We Actually Said
In a blog for UK in a Changing EU, Professor Jonathan Portes draws attention to a new report from the Office of National Statistics about migrant workers in the UK labour market. While the report contains much interesting information, Professor Portes uses it to make assertions about Migration Watch proposals for immigration in the future […]
ONS bulletin on immigration and the labour market | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Today’s release confirms that some sectors of the economy employ large numbers of EU migrants, with EU14 nationals, generally, in the higher skilled jobs and the EU10 at the the lower end. Previous analysis suggests that EU migrants are a relatively settled population, especially […]
Arrangements for skilled Britons seeking to work in the European Union after Brexit
Summary 1. It is likely that, following Brexit, British citizens who wish to take a job in a European Union member state will be required to obtain a work permit in order to do so. Although the EU’s “Blue Card” scheme is currently far from complete (87% of such cards are issued by Germany alone), […]
Good prospects for skilled British workers in a post-Brexit EU | Migration Watch UK
The UK is in the process of leaving the European Union just as the EU is working to considerably increase inflows of highly skilled workers from outside the bloc. This would provide opportunities for British nationals to work in the EU even without any special agreement following the Brexit negotiations. That is the finding of […]
We must reduce EU migration, not just control it | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 8 April, 2017 The Prime Minister may be right to suggest that there could be a need for a transitional phase as a new system for EU migration is brought into effect. Much depends, of course on what that system turns out to be. We have […]
There Are No Excuses Now For A Failure To Reduce Migration
The triggering of Article 50 last week was a major step towards honouring the referendum result. It will undoubtedly please the 69% of the public who say they want Brexit to go ahead (YouGov poll, March 2017) Yet the mass-migration lobby continues to make unconvincing assertions about the risk of economic damage if free movement is […]
The Rights of EU Nationals in the UK Post-Brexit
Summary 1. Calls to offer a unilateral guarantee to EU nationals and indeed the House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill only scratch the surface of the issues involved. They also ignore the fact that approximately 85% of the 3.6 million EU citizens now in the UK will have been in the UK […]