International Students and Post Study Work – Do employers need them?

Summary 1. In 2011, the last full year in which students could be granted a visa that would allow them to stay on and search for work at any skill level, nearly 50,000 did so. In the first full year (2013) that international students were required to get a graduate level job in order to […]

Response To The Royal College Of Nursing’s Report ‘international Recruitment 2015 ‘

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN, the nursing union) yesterday published a report ‘International Recruitment 2015’. The report generated a number of provocative headlines such as ‘New immigration rules will cost the NHS millions’ (The Guardian) or ‘New Immigration Rules will cause NHS chaos’ (Sky News). These headlines are misleading for a number of reasons. […]

The Impact of Immigration on England’s school places shortage

Summary 1. In parts of England there is intense competition for primary school places with too many pupils competing for too few school places. Current projections show that this situation will only grow worse over the next few years. Although there is currently a national surplus of primary school places, by the academic year 2018/19 […]

Migration Watch Uk Press Comment On Ons Net Migration Statistics

Responding to today’s net migration figures, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: The latest figures are appalling. We need to stop and think where this mass immigration is leading. It points to a probable increase of three million in the UK population over the next five years in the face of […]

The UK Labour Market – EU Workers by Occupation Skill Level

Summary 1. There are currently 400,000 EU14 workers in the UK who are more likely to be in a skilled occupation than the UK born – 70% compared to 55%. However, there are more than twice that number from the accession countries known as the EU10 of whom almost three quarters are in low skilled […]

Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK

Commenting on today’s Labour Market Statistics, Alp Mehmet, Vice-Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “Ten years after accession we still find very large numbers of workers arriving from Eastern Europe, mainly to work in low paid jobs. This puts growing pressure on wages and housing. It simply cannot be allowed to continue.“