The Conservative Performance on Immigration Since 2010
1. Summary 1.1 The net migration target was sensible at the time and proved a valuable focus for policy. There was a significant reduction in non EU migration but this was largely counterbalanced by an increase in EU migration. Policy focussed on tightening conditions for entry. The quality of economic migration was improved but the […]
The Conservative Record On Immigration
A report on the Conservative record on immigration was issued by Migration Watch UK today. The report finds that the Conservatives struggled to bring order into a situation in which the numbers had run out of control and the system was close to chaos. Despite the limitations of a coalition and continuous pressure from the […]
The Conservative record on immigration | Migration Watch UK
A report on the Conservative record on immigration was issued by Migration Watch UK today. The report finds that the Conservatives struggled to bring order into a situation in which the numbers had run out of control and the system was close to chaos. Despite the limitations of a coalition and continuous pressure from the pro-immigration lobby, […]
Guardian Article Fails To Live Up To Its Own Calls For Honesty In The Immigration Debate
Perhaps surprisingly, under their ‘sustainable business’ section, the Guardian have an article by an ‘arranger’ of cleaning services. She makes several of the usual straw man arguments including that the alternative to mass immigration is stopping immigration. It isn’t – it is about a manageable scale. She also calls for honesty on the facts while selectively quoting […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Prime Minister’s Commitment to Bringing Down Net Migration | Migration Watch UK
Today on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 the Prime Minister reaffirmed his commitment to bringing down net migration to the tens of thousands. Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is extremely good news. Clearly there is a long way to go but the Prime Minister’s re-commitment […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the Conservatives’ six key general election issues | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on the news that the Conservatives will not be including immigration as one of their top six election issues Lord Green of Deddington said: ‘Immigration has now come top equal with the economy the past six months among the issues the public are most concerned with. It is amazing that the Conservative Party have […]
MW348 : The amount spent on Immigration control | Migration Watch UK
1. The total budget for immigration control in 2014/15 was £1.8 billion[1]. This is around 0.25% of the total government expenditure of £700 billion. 2. Around £1 billion of the £1.8 billion comes from the fee income associated with visa applications with a further £800 million coming from the Treasury. 3. Within the Home Office […]
Response to UCL paper on the fiscal effects of immigration to the UK
Summary Overall cost of migration 1. Between 1995 and 2011 the fiscal cost of migrants in the UK was at least £115 billion and possibly as much as £160 billion according to a report from the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration headed by Professor Christian Dustmann at University College, London. The report found […]
Response to UCL paper on the fiscal effects of immigration to the UK
Summary Overall cost of migration 1. Between 1995 and 2011 the fiscal cost of migrants in the UK was at least £115 billion and possibly as much as £160 billion according to a report from the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration headed by Professor Christian Dustmann at University College, London. The report found […]
Response to UCL paper on the fiscal effects of immigration to the UK – Press Release | Migration Watch UK
Net tax contribution by Eastern European migrants probably negative Cost of all migrants in the UK has been £20 – £25 million per day between 1995 and 2011. The contribution of migrants from Eastern Europe is very likely to have been negative. That is the conclusion of a Migrationwatch review, issued today, of a revised […]