Social Market Foundation Report Based On Highly Questionable Assumptions
A new reportfrom the Social Market Foundation suggests that an economic slowdown following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union will lead to a slowing of migration – perhaps to the tens of thousands – without requiring the imposition of any actual controls on migration. Any such conclusion is thoroughly unsound, relying on a number […]
MW388 : Deportation of Foreign Criminals | Migration Watch UK
Article 8 of ECHR as interpreted in a recent deportation appeal with reference to paragraphs 398, 399 and 399A of the Immigration Rules and Part 5A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 The case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v.CT (Vietnam) (2016) EWCA Civ. 488, was decided in the Court of Appeal […]
At current levels of immigration to England a new home will be needed every five minutes over the next 25 years | Migration Watch UK
The DCLG has today released its 2014-based Household Projections for England for the period 2014-2039. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Yet again government officials are playing down the impact of immigration on household demand. Today’s DCLG publication focuses only on the principal projection of net migration to England of […]
The people have spoken – and they want lower immigration. Now Westminster must duly deliver it. | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 1st July, 2016 The Government and opposition are clearly shell shocked by the outcome of the referendum. We have arrived suddenly at an historic turning point. Our relationship with the EU and our place in the world will have to be reimagined and reengineered. And the […]
Migration Watch Press Comment on ONS mid-year population estimates | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These figures confirm that our population is growing by around half a million annually – the equivalent of a city the size of Liverpool every year. At this rate, the UK population will increase by ten million over the next two decades and continue to […]
Uk Population Rises By More Than 500,000 In A Year To Reach 65.1 Million
The ONS has today released the Annual Population Estimates for mid-2015. The UK population is now 65.1 million, an increase of 513,000 on the previous year. See the full ONS data here. The increase in the population was down to two factors, natural change (births minus deaths) and net migration. Of the half a million growth […]
MW387 : The Vanishing Students from Outside the EU | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. Much attention has been paid to the apparent failure of the government to reduce non-EU migration. However, it would seem that this is very largely due to the significant number of students who have remained in the UK, legally or otherwise. 2. Non-EU net migration has averaged 172,000 in the last ten years, […]
The Case of the Vanishing Non-EU Students | Migration Watch UK
Overseas students who stay on indefinitely in the UK are a massive part of non-EU migration. That is the conclusion of a report issued today by Migration Watch UK. The EU referendum campaign has highlighted the apparent failure of the government to reduce the current record level of net migration, about half of which comes […]
The Vanishing Students From Outside The Eu
1. Much attention has been paid to the apparent failure of the government to reduce non-EU migration. However, it would seem that this is very largely due to the significant number of students who have remained in the UK, legally or otherwise. 2. Non-EU net migration has averaged 172,000 in the last ten years, as […]
Are Migrants An Economic Benefit To The Uk?
1. Overall, migrants in the UK have been, and continue to be, a net fiscal cost to the UK Exchequer. Only recent migrants from the EU14 have made a net positive fiscal contribution. Immigration has not been shown to have any significant impact, either positive or negative, on GDP per capita, a key measure of […]