Family Migration To The Uk
Summary The vast majority of familyvisas – 77% – were granted to the partners/spouses of British citizens orsettled migrants. The largest number of grants is to Pakistani and Indianapplicants. Some family migrants are more permanent than others – data suggeststhat the majority of people who enter on partner visas from the IndianSubcontinent have gained settlement […]
MW301 : Family Migration to the UK | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The vast majority of family visas – 77% – were granted to the partners/spouses of British citizens or settled migrants. The largest number of grants is to Pakistani and Indian applicants. Some family migrants are more permanent than others – data suggests that the majority of people who enter on partner visas from […]
MW303 : Marriage Visas and English Language Competence | Migration Watch UK
1 Paragraph 281 of the Immigration Rules sets out the requirements which have to be met for a foreign spouse or civil partner (other than one from inside the European Economic Area) of a British citizen or person settled in the United Kingdom to be granted entry clearance enabling him or her to enter the […]
MW302 : Operation Nexus | Migration Watch UK
1 This is the title of an operation launched by the Metropolitan Police in September 2012 which has recently attracted a certain amount of media attention. The object of it is to use deportation as a sanction against foreign unconvicted criminals. Deporting convicted criminals is not usually a problem, subject to the operation of Article […]
A Lesson In Spin From The Migration Matters Trust
This week we were treated tothe news that ‘opposition to immigration drops when people are told about theeconomic benefits of net migration’. Former Labour ImmigrationMinister Barbara Roche – who presided over much of Labour’s immigrationshambles – claimed that ‘when the full facts of migration are presented to theBritish people, they begin to recognise that simple […]
London’s ‘demographic Explosion’
Today, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson made a speech about investment in the future of London. He pointed to the ‘demographic explosion’ now occurring and the resulting huge shortage of both homes and school places but he made no reference to the impact of immigration. He seemed to regard the population increase as entirely […]
Students And Net Migration
On Thursday 6 June both Housesof Parliament debated the demand by five chairmen of Parliamentary Committeesthat the government remove students from their net migration target. Thegovernment have flatly refused to the fury of these eminent Parliamentarians. Theypoint out that the Universities Lobby have got their facts completely wrong.Contrary to their claims, our main competitor countries […]
Students and the Net Migration Target – Why Students Must Remain a Part of the Target
Summary 1. Students should not be removed from either the net migration statistics or the target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands. Competitor countries include students in their net migration statistics and also publish students in separate administrative visa statistics, much like the Home Office. About 20% of students stay on legally. […]
Students and the Net Migration Target – Why Students Must Remain a Part of the Target
Summary 1. Students should not be removed from either the net migration statistics or the target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands. Competitor countries include students in their net migration statistics and also publish students in separate administrative visa statistics, much like the Home Office. About 20% of students stay on legally. […]
Students And The Net Migration Target
Onthe eve of debates in both Houses of Parliament, Migration Watch UK has issued BriefingPaper No 2.24 underlining the need to continue including students in thecalculation of net migration. Keypoints as follows: Our major competitors do include them (as Universities UK now apparentlyaccept). To remove them would destroy the credibility of the government’simmigration […]