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 […]
Migration Watch UK Press Comment on the National Statistics of Romanians and Bulgarians in UK | Migration Watch UK
The Office for National Statistics has today released its quarterly Labour Market Statistics which show that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK in the period October-December 2013 was estimated to be 144,000. This is compared to 102,000 for the same period in 2012, an increase of 41 percent. Commenting on these figures, Sir […]
Migration Watch Uk Press Comment On The National Statistics Of Romanians And Bulgarians In Uk
The Office for National Statistics has today released its quarterly Labour Market Statistics which show that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK in the period October-December 2013 was estimated to be 144,000. This is compared to 102,000 for the same period in 2012, an increase of 41 percent. Commenting on these figures, Sir […]
International Students: The Case For Refining Their Visa Regime
Summary 1. The Tier 4 student visa should be divided into three visas, one for each type of study: University, Further Education, and English Language. This would allow for a better understanding of the international student sector and for greater flexibility in entry requirements that properly reflects the different risks that exist in each part […]
International Students: The Case for Refining their Visa Regime
Summary 1. The Tier 4 student visa should be divided into three visas, one for each type of study: University, Further Education, and English Language. This would allow for a better understanding of the international student sector and for greater flexibility in entry requirements that properly reflects the different risks that exist in each part […]
Press Comment On Bbc Panorama Programme On Student Visa Scandal
Commenting on the BBC Panorama programme on student visas, Alp Mehmet Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This Panorama programme is clear evidence of abuse that must have been apparent to a fair number of people in the education sector. This may help to explain why only about one third of the two hundred thousand non […]
Fraudulently Obtained Visas
There are reports in today’s newspapers of fraud on an industrial scale by which applicants for student visas are enabled to arrange for fluent English speakers to present them for the purpose of being tested on their proficiency in English. It will be the subject of a Panorama programme on 10 February. Any applicant indulging […]
Latest Population Projections For The Uk
1. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revises its population projections for the UK every two years. The 2012 based projections have recently been published. [1] 2. The population is currently around 64 million. By the end of the next Parliament it is projected to have grown by 3 million people – six times the population of […]
Lib Dem Immigration Policy “vacuous”
Last night on the BBC2 programme “The truth about immigration”, Vince Cable was dismissive of the government’s immigration objective and suggested that it was time to be “practical”. As it happens, the Lib Dem think tank Centre Forum has just published a paper, sprinkled with quotations from Vince Cable, entitled “The business case for immigration […]
MW324 : A Liberal Democrat Recipe for the Abandonment of Immigration Control | Migration Watch UK
1. A Centre Forum paper published on 23 December contains 21 recommendations. Eighteen are relatively trivial. The other three seem designed to destroy the coalition government’s efforts to control immigration. 2. This intention is camouflaged by the claim that immigration policy should be structured to promote economic growth – a case which the authors believe […]