The Lords amendment designed to derail Brexit that MPs should reject today | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 13 March, 2017 Today, the Commons will consider a key amendment to the Bill triggering our withdrawal negotiations with the EU. It should be very firmly opposed. Let us be in no doubt that the effect, perhaps unintended, of the amendment could be to cause the […]
A unilateral legal guarantee for EU nationals in the UK could only undermine the position of our own citizens living in the EU | Migration Watch UK
A House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill is to be considered in the House of Commons today. If passed, it could severely undermine the Prime Minister’s ability to secure the rights of nearly a million UK citizens living in the European Union. Those campaigning for this amendment deliberately ignore the fact that […]
The final Brexit deal must honour the public’s desire for reduced net migration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKUK in a Changing Europe, 7 March, 2017 With the most complex negotiations in our history about to commence, the outcome on immigration will be crucial. Since 2004, Polish plumbers, Italian baristas and, indeed, a whole range of less-stereotypicalEuropean migrants have come to work and often make their […]
Claim That Reducing Low-skilled Migration Would Harm Economy Not Backed Up By The Facts
A recent Economist article (‘Keep Out: Lower immigration could be the biggest economic cost of Brexit’, 25th February 2017) makes a number of bogus claims about both the impact of immigration and the public’s response to it that deserve to be soundly rebutted. The article starts by suggesting that net migration into the UK is ‘hardly out of control, […]
Daniel Hannan Is Wrong To Focus On The Benefits System – Only Visas For Eu Workers Will Control Migration
Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP for South East England, writingin yesterday’s Sun has picked up on a storypublished in last weekend’s Sunday Times entitled ‘Benefits for Migrants Face Axe’ (£) which details plans reportedly being drawn up by Ministers to restrict in-work benefits for future EU migrants to the UK. Mr Hannan praised the plans and claims that denying in-work benefits […]
MW404 : APPG on Social Integration Proposal for Regional Policy | Migration Watch UK
1. In August 2016 the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration launched an inquiry into how immigration policy could more effectively promote integration.[1] Their interim report sets out six principles that they believe could promote better integration, by which they mean the extent to which people conform to shared norms and values and lead shared […]
MW402 : City of London/PwC Proposal for Regional Immigration Policy | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The regional visa system proposed by the City of London and PwC would require a total overhaul of the immigration system causing unnecessary confusion and chaos and would place a significant additional bureaucratic and administrative burden on employers, local authorities and UK Visas and Immigration. The system would also be extremely difficult to […]
MW403 : IPPR Proposal for Regional Work Permit System | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The IPPR proposal for a regional immigration system is incompatible with a target for net migration, a manifesto commitment on which they won a majority in the 2015 General Election. The proposal would likely lead to a rise in net migration, with significant implications for population growth and public service provision against the […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS net migration figures | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is a step in the right direction. Significantly, EU migration overall is virtually unchanged over the year. There is still a net inflow from Eastern Europe, especially from Romania and Bulgaria. These workers are generally in low-paid employment so this is where our proposal […]
Tony Blair is wrong yet again: Immigration from the EU post-Brexit can and will be controlled | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 20 February, 2017 Perhaps I might explain to Tony Blair in an “easy to understand” way that he has completely misapprehended the immigration issue which, as he admitted in his speech on Friday, was the key issue at the referendum. He claimed that the Prime Minister […]