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Explore our latest publications on immigration and asylum policies. Stay informed with well-researched insights.
Border Control Betrayal Has Started
Three BIG new uncapped immigration routes were opened from 1 January 2021 as part of the government’s Border Control Betrayal. Ministers are also overseeing an asylum system that is being scammed on a massive scale as illegal immigration rises (read more here). To make matters worse, in a futile bid to appease
Boat Tracking Station – Illegal Maritime Arrivals From Safe Countries
Please note: This web page is no longer kept updated and has been replaced with a new Channel Crossings Tracker that will update automatically every day of the week around noon. Access it here. It can also be accessed via the main menu and the home-page. What you need to know: Large numbers have
The Coronavirus Crisis And Border Control
Introduction 1. There is a clear risk that older visitors from overseas could add to pressures on an already struggling NHS. In recent years there have been about 14 million visitor admissions per year from outside the EU, some from countries where the virus is a significant factor. Nearly ten
Why Lock All The Internal Doors But Leave The External Ones Wide Open?
Migration Watch UK’s stance is that travel by non-UK nationals who have spent time in the worst-affected countries should be suspended. However, British nationals who wish to return here should be still be able to fly home. We would add Spain to the list of worst-affected areas. Research (for instance by
Some Impacts Of Very High Immigration – Factsheet For The United Kingdom
1. Net migration into the UK from overseas stands at 240,000 (year to September 2019 – see ONS bulletin). EU net migration has fallen by about 100,000 since 2016 but still stands at 64,000 more people coming than leaving. Non-EU net migration to the UK is the highest since 2004, and gross non-EU
Statistical Failures Should Not Obscure The Huge Gulf Between Politicians And The Public Over Immigration
By Alp Mehmet, Daily Telegraph, 22 August 2019 The public will rightly approach the new immigration figures, which estimate that 226,000 more long-term migrants moved here than departed in the year ending March 2019, with a healthy dose of scepticism. That is only natural in the wake of an admission by