Comment On The Office For Budgetary Responsibility Report

Commenting on the report released by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “Once again the OBR has given only part of the story. It is true that, in the medium term, migration provides a larger pool of working age people which increases tax revenues. But, of course, migrants […]

No Sign Yet Of Any Significant Inflow From Southern Europe

1. To see if there has been a recent increase inimmigration from the EU14 there are three useful sources of data: Long TermInternational Migration Data (LTIM); Annual Population Survey (APS) and;National Insurance Numbers (NINOs).  TheAPS data has only been available since 2004 and so this is the start date forthe analysis LTIMdata 2. Since 2004 […]

Home Affairs Committee Report On The Work Of The Uk Border Agency

Commenting on the Home Affairs Committee Report, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The government inherited a system in chaos. There have been signs of improvement but this new backlog of half a million cases is surely a wake-up call. The immigration system is struggling again and must be allocated substantially greater resources […]

Immigration Undercounted By ½ Million. Statisticians Refuse To Publish New Figures. Revised Figures Would Show 4 Million Immigrants Under Labour.

A study issued today byMigrationwatch UK has examined how the number of EU immigrants hasbeen undercounted by half a million over a ten year period – a difference thesize of Manchester. The mistake wasdiscovered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) when they compared theresults of the recent census with the population that they had expected […]

Immigration undercounted by ½ million. Statisticians refuse to publish new figures. Revised figures would show 4 million immigrants under Labour | Migration Watch UK

A study issued today by Migrationwatch UK (attached) has examined how the number of EU immigrants has been undercounted by half a million over a ten year period – a difference the size of Manchester. The mistake was discovered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) when they compared the results of the recent census with […]

MW304 : The case for revising the immigration figures | Migration Watch UK

Summary 1. The 2011 census revealed that net migration to England and Wales was around 500,000 higher than previously estimated for the previous decade. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) should now revise their estimates of historical net migration to ensure that they provide an accurate record. The census result means that net foreign migration […]

Migration Watch Uk Comment On Prebble Report

Commenting on the BBC Trust’s review “ABBC Trust Review of the Breadth of Opinion Reflected in the BBC’s Output”(Stuart Prebble Report), Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK,said: “This report is a lost opportunity. The BBC Trust’s conclusion that there is nopersuasive evidence that significant areas of opinion are not given dueweight today simply skates over […]

Migration Watch UK Comment on Prebble Report | Migration Watch UK

Commenting on the BBC Trust’s review “A BBC Trust Review of the Breadth of Opinion Reflected in the BBC’s Output” (Stuart Prebble Report), Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This report is a lost opportunity. The BBC Trust’s conclusion that there is no persuasive evidence that significant areas of opinion are not […]

Marriage Visas And English Language Competence

Paragraph 281 of theImmigration Rules sets out the requirements which have to be met for a foreignspouse or civil partner (other than one from inside the European EconomicArea) of a British citizen or person settled in the United Kingdom to be grantedentry clearance enabling him or her to enter the United Kingdom. In November2010 paragraph […]

Operation Nexus

This is the title of an operationlaunched by the Metropolitan Police in September 2012 which has recently attracteda certain amount of media attention. Theobject of it is to use deportation as a sanction against foreign unconvictedcriminals. Deporting convicted criminalsis not usually a problem, subject to the operation of Article 8 (right tofamily life) of the […]