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We publish blogs that draw on data and research, and through them we inform debate, spark discussion, and explore the wider implications of current developments.
Analysis, Commentary and Research Updates
Explore our latest publications on immigration and asylum policies. Stay informed with well-researched insights.
Staffing The Health Service Requires Training Not Immigration
The health sector had years to improve training of locals. Now they call for immigration. But that is not a solution. The only long-term answer is more training and better retention of existing staff A failure to train UK workers The British Medical Journal now says hundreds of NHS posts
Nothing Is Less True Than The Claim We Are A Nation Of Migrants
There is a very persistent myth about Britain, that we are ‘a nation of immigrants.’ Ed West in his excellent book The Diversity Illusion, debunks this claim comprehensively. Below is a list of the key points West tackles on this issue and his reasons for saying this claim is untrue.
Immigration And Population Decline
A recent article in the Guardian newspaper claimed that an emerging ‘crisis’ was being seen as ‘ageing populations place shrinking economies under ever greater strain’, adducing as evidence increasing abandonment of villages in places as far apart as Spain and Japan. This prompted responses such as this, perhaps to be expected in the Guardian, that more
The Government Has Opened Up The Risk Of Rapid Inflows Of Millions Of People With No Ability To Control The Numbers
The UK pledge to grant 5.4 million people the right to come to the UK and settle permanently in the midst of a global health crisis is the opposite of ‘taking back control’ as Ministers pledged. The government have essentially abandoned control over access to long-term immigration for 5.4 million
Why Do We Need So Many More Houses? Immigration
By Alp MehmetChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Woman, January 2, 2021 The thirty years after the Second World War saw millions of housing units built. Bombed-out, poor and temporary homes (prefabs) were replaced by units more fit for purpose. By the end of the 1950s, around 15 million units were
Immigration And Demand For Homes In England
Summary 1. After the Covid crisis, net migration levels could well revert to the high levels witnessed over the past five years, or even surpass them, given the range of additional uncapped routes being opened under the new Points Based System. If so, just over half of extra homes needed in England