Britain Is Open For Business – October 2013

Summary 1. Despite the government’s substantial range of measures toreduce net migration to the tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament, theUK remains very much open for business. There are numerous categories underwhich people can come to the UK to work, do business and study, allowing peopleto invest in and start up companies […]

Proceeds Of Crime Act Successfully Used Against An Employer Of Illegal Immigrants

Section 15 ofthe Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 prescribes civil penaltieswhich may be imposed by the Home office on employers found to have been employingillegal immigrants, i.e. people who have no leave to remain in the UK, whoseleave has expired or who have leave but whose leave is subject to a conditionprecluding them from […]

Labour’s Link Between Immigration And Apprenticeships

Summary 1.Labour’s scheme to trade work permitsfor new apprenticeships faces practical difficulties. Work permits are nowadaysissued for higher level positions so apprentices would not be immediatereplacements. There would be no impact on low skilled migration which seems tohave been the context for this announcement. Introduction 2. On the Andrew Marr show on 22September Ed Miliband […]

Press Comment On The End Of The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme

Welcoming the Government’s decisionto bring to an end the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, Sir Andrew Green,Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘This decision has to be right. Wenow have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makesno sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside. This decision is awelcome indication […]

Comment on the end of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme | Migration Watch UK

Welcoming the Government’s decision to bring to an end the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘This decision has to be right. We now have a labour market of 500 million in the European Union, it simply makes no sense to bring in unskilled workers from outside.  This […]

Public strongly oppose votes for foreign citizens | Migration Watch UK

Last week a report by Migrationwatch revealed that about one million Commonwealth citizens who are not British citizens nevertheless have the right to vote in our General Elections. The government’s response was that this right to vote in our elections “reflects our close historical ties with Commonwealth countries. Excluding Commonwealth citizens would be significant and […]

Response To The Latest Net Migration Figures – Students Are A Key Element In Net Migration

Despite a small increase over thequarter, these latest figures show that government policy is succeeding in reducinginflows from outside the EU – by 50,000 over the year. Future reductionsin net migration will depend on ensuring that people leave when they should. Inthis connection the student figures are striking. Over the past fiveyears the average inflow […]