Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Home Secretary’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: These are very welcome steps forward. The number of non-EU migrants coming to the UK is at 190,000 a year, many of whom appear to be students who are not leaving after their courses have finished. The referendum underlined public concern about immigration so […]
EU will be unable to cope with asylum crisis without significant legal and administrative changes | Migration Watch UK
A review of the legal and policy framework is now essential if the EU is to cope with the huge number of migrants and asylum seekers flowing into Southern Europe. That is the conclusion of a report (attached) issued today by Migration Watch UK. Almost 1.3 million applications for asylum were lodged in the EU […]
Improve pay and conditions in the social care sector rather than relying on migration | Migration Watch UK
The answer to possible future shortages of workers in the care sector is better pay and better terms of employment, not more migration Relying on migration to tackle potential shortfalls in the social care workforce will continue to depress sector wages and allow poor working conditions to be swept under the carpet. That is the […]
MW392 : Migration is not the way to staff the care sector. The answer is to improve pay and conditions. | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Migrants account for only about 18.4% of the care sector work force but their availability has a depressing effect on wages and conditions in the sector. A recent report shows that, if the sector remains unattractive, there will be a large shortage of workers even in the highest migration scenario. It also shows […]
MW391 : A limit on work permits for skilled EU migrants after Brexit | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. An annual limit for highly skilled migration from the EU should be set at a level that allows for the renewal of the current stock, together with some room for expansion. We estimate that the annual limit should be set at 30,000 a year. Eliminating lower-skilled work could reduce net EU migration by […]
After Brexit EU migration for work must be reserved for highly-skilled roles with a limit of 30,000 a year | Migration Watch UK
An annual limit of 30,000 work permits for EU migration should be sufficient to allow businesses access to the skills they require while also achieving a reduction of about 100,000 a year in net migration from the EU over the medium term. That is the finding of a paper being released by Migration Watch UK. Migration Watch […]
Impact On Scotland’s Economy Of Reducing Migration Into Lower-skilled Work
The Scottish Government’s recent paper(read here) on the implications of Brexit for Scotland’s economic performance suggests restrictions on European migration could increase skills shortages with adverse implications for the economy. The paper provides neither references nor any evidence to support this assertion. In fact, the impact of immigration on the Scottish economy is far less than on the […]
End low-skilled immigration. Work permits are the way to secure Brexit Britain’s borders | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKThe Telegraph, 19th September, 2016 Today, Theresa May will warn global leaders assembled at the United Nations of the dangers of “uncontrolled mass migration”. It is hardly in doubt that such migration from the EU was one of the key drivers of the vote to leave the […]
MW390 : Brexit: Immigration concessions for trade benefits? | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK press release: Immigration and trade in the Brexit negotiations | Migration Watch UK
Making concessions on immigration in exchange for Single Market membership would contradict the outcome of the Referendum Any UK concessions on free movement in the upcoming Brexit negotiations would have to be so large that they would betray the democratic mandate for controlled and reduced immigration delivered by the British people in the referendum. This […]