Immigrants have cost the tax payer over £140 billion since 1995 | Migration Watch UK
Recent immigrants from 2001 to 2011 might have cost over £25 bn Migration Watch UK today issued a new assessment of the cost of immigration to the tax payer. The outcome is that immigrants cost the taxpayer over £140 billion or more than £22 million a day over the 17 years 1995 – 2011. The Migration Watch […]
MW329 : An Assessment of the Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The fiscal effect of immigration on the UK exchequer has gained considerable prominence in recent months. The results of all research in this area depend on the method used and on the assumptions underlying them. This paper examines a “discussion paper” issued by the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at […]
Migration Watch Paper On The Fiscal Effects Of Immigration To The Uk And The Response From Cream
1. CReAM has responded to our paper by misrepresenting the points we made without answering them[1]. Perhaps this was a ploy to distract attention from the weaknesses we have identified but it is not what we should expect from an academic institution. 2. The Migration Watch analysis is anything but the “violent attack” claimed. On […]
Immigrants Have Cost The Tax Payer Over £140 Billion Since 1995
Recent immigrants from 2001 to 2011 might have cost over £25 bn. Migration Watch UK today issued a new assessment of the cost of immigration to the tax payer. The outcome is that immigrants cost the taxpayer over £140 billion or more than £22 million a day over the 17 years 1995 – 2011. The Migration Watch […]
The Impacts Of Migration On Uk Native Employment
Summary 1. The government review of the literature on the impact of immigration on UK native employment focused on the link between immigration and unemployment. It concluded that there was evidence of labour market displacement in times of recession but relatively little evidence in times of economic growth. The other aspect, that the majority of […]
The Institute Of Directors And Immigration
The Institute of Directors (IoD) have been busy of late. Earlier last week Simon Walker, the Director General, argued in a debate that London needed more immigration. Later in the week, Mr Walker described a speech made by James Brokenshire, the Minister of State for Immigration, as ‘feeble and pathetic’. (See here) Mr Brokenshire’s crime? He suggesting […]
The Story Of Net Migration – 1975-2013
In a major blow to one of the government’s flagship commitments, the latest data shows that net migration in the year to September 2013 reached 212,000, just 40,000 shy of the largest net flow into Britain since passenger flows have been recorded. Net migration on the present scale is unprecedented in history. Between 1975 and […]
The Latest Immigration Figures Are Grist To The Mill For Euro-sceptics
By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UK 28 February, 2014 Yesterday’s immigration figures are clearly bad news for the Government. A doubling of net migration from the EU to 130,000 in the year to last September has blown them off course. A continued inflow from Poland seems to have been augmented by workers from Italy, […]
MW328 : Supreme Court Cases on Asylum – February 2014 | Migration Watch UK
1 The Supreme Court has recently reached important decisions on two cases involving interpretation of the law relating to asylum. The first of these is I.A, v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Scotland) [1] UKSC 6. The appellant was a citizen of Iran who left Iran for Iraq in 1998 at the age of 16 and successfully applied […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on Immigration Under Labour | Migration Watch UK
The ONS have today adjusted the net migration statistics between 2001 and 2011 to reflect the results of the 2011 Census. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Having discovered that the Census found nearly half a million more East Europeans in Britain than the immigration figures had suggested, the ONS have […]