Foreign Citizens Votes Could Critically Affect Outcome Of 2015 Election And Eu Referendum
A millionforeign citizens can vote in all British elections Commonwealth Citizenswho have not yet qualified for British Citizenship, or have not even applied,should no longer be entitled to vote in British general elections, nor in theforthcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU. That is the conclusion of a report issued today by Migration Watch UK. The […]
Votes for Commonwealth Citizens
Summary 1. There could be as many as one million migrants from the Commonwealth who have the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, despite not being British citizens. Voting rights for the whole Commonwealth are an anachronism from the days of the British Empire and should be brought to an end except for citizens […]
Votes for Commonwealth Citizens
Summary 1. There could be as many as one million migrants from the Commonwealth who have the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, despite not being British citizens. Voting rights for the whole Commonwealth are an anachronism from the days of the British Empire and should be brought to an end except for citizens […]
The Migration Matters Trust And Their Estimate Of Migration From Bulgaria And Romania
On 8th August the Migration MattersTrust (MMT), chaired by Barbara Roche and co-chaired by Gavin Barwell MPpublished their estimate of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria which theyput at 20,000 for 2014.[1],[2]. On 18 August an article in The Observer quoted AtulHatwal the Director of the MMT as saying that higher claims were “unfounded andinflammatory”.[3] This, of […]
MW314 : Immigration and Public Debt – Comment on the OBR’s Sustainability Report 2013 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: Detail 2. The recent OBR report on fiscal sustainability has been widely misunderstood or misquoted to suggest that immigration control would massively increase the burden of public debt. For example: “How much do we want to cut net migration anyway, when the […]
Ons Labour Market Statistics
Commenting on the ONS’s Labour market statistics, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This increase of just over a third in Romanian and Bulgarianworkers in the UK over the past year is a sharp increase on the previous trend.It suggests that still larger numbers will arrive next year when our labourmarket is fully […]
The Obr And Immigration (revised)
Summary 1.The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it: – chose for the summary an entirelytheoretical scenario. – made no assessment of the government’sactual policy; indeed, the general effect was to misrepresent it. – made no mention of the population impactof its central case which would add 15million to our population in mid-century […]
Chris Bryant’s Speech
Commenting on ChrisBryant’s Immigration speech, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UKsaid: “Chris Bryant’s speech ducksthe main issue. It says little about the level of immigration or howLabour intends to bring it down after allowing the total to reach four millionon their watch. We can all agree about young unemployed local workers beinggiven a […]
Chris Bryant’s Speech | Migration Watch UK
Commenting on Chris Bryant’s Immigration speech, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “Chris Bryant’s speech ducks the main issue. It says little about the level of immigration or how Labour intends to bring it down after allowing the total to reach four million on their watch. We can all agree about young […]
Chief Inspector Of Immigration: Report On Juxtaposed Controls
Commenting on the report, Mr Alp Mehmet,Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The Chief Inspector is right topoint to inadequate Border Force resources, especially at Calais. It is timethe government accepted that an effective border control can’t be had on thecheap and allocate sufficient resources to address an issue of significantpublic concern. Security concerns […]