MW400 : Impact of the cap on work permits on the UK Economy | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Only one of the many routes for non-EU migrants to come to the UK for work is capped. On an annual basis the cap has never been met although some businesses have been temporarily prevented from sponsoring an applicant due to oversubscription on three occasions. The cap of 20,700 has therefore been sufficient […]
Migration Cap | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 3rd January, 2017 Sir, David Sapsted seems to be crying “wolf” (Thunderer, Jan. 3). Limitations on recruiting skilled workers from outside the EU have not been as draconian as he suggests. On an annual basis the cap of 20,700 has never been reached although for three months […]
Immigration And Uk Membership Of The European Single Market
Mass immigration for the foreseeable future will be inevitable if Britain remains a member of the Single Market. That is the conclusion of a paper released today by Migration Watch UK. The paper examines the consequences of the UK remaining a full member of the Single Market which would require continued acceptance of the free movement of […]
Immigration and UK membership of the European Single Market
Summary 1. If the UK were to remain a member of the Single Market following Britain’s exit from the European Union, net migration from the EU would be unlikely to fall below 155,000 in the medium term. A substantial wage disparity between the UK and Eastern Europe will continue, despite the recent devaluation of sterling. […]
Membership of the EU’s Single Market is a recipe for mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
Mass immigration for the foreseeable future will be inevitable if Britain remains a member of the Single Market. That is the conclusion of a paper released today by Migration Watch UK. The paper examines the consequences of the UK remaining a full member of the Single Market which would require continued acceptance of the free movement of […]
Single market membership means more mass immigration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 29th December, 2016 The Brexit debate is descending into the technicalities of trade deals. together with a burst of special pleading by employers who have long benefitted from an unlimited supply of cheap labour. Yet there are much wider issues. They are not only about our […]
Prospects For Scotland’s Population Not Much Affected By Brexit
Scottish Government admits that Scotland’s population would continue to grow even if EU migration were reduced to half its current level The Scottish Government has admitted that Scotland’s population would grow by 5% (or around 270,000) between 2014 and 2039 even if EU net migration were reduced to half its present level (currently 8,000-9,000 each […]
MW394 : Immigration and Brexit – A summary of our recent work | Migration Watch UK
In view of the government’s silence on their Brexit work, we have published our own suggestions on immigration. We believe that the best approach would be to extend our existing system of work permits to skilled workers from the EU. Around 30,000 would be required to meet the needs of business and to allow for some […]
Scotland’s need for skilled migrant workers
Summary 1. The Scottish Government has claimed that Scotland needs continued free movement of people for EU citizens when the UK leaves the European Union, to deal with a ‘skills gap’.[1] But new analysis of the Labour Force Survey suggests that the proportion of Scotland’s total highly-skilled workforce comprised of EU migrants is roughly similar to […]
Should the UK apply substantially different immigration rules to different parts of the UK post-Brexit?
Summary 1. The application of substantially different immigration rules in the UK’s various devolved authorities and cities after the UK leaves the European Union would be unjustified and impracticable. Such a system would also be extremely complex, distort competition and introduce local anomalies. Fundamentally, it would seriously undermine the government’s efforts to reduce net migration […]