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Explore our latest publications on immigration and asylum policies. Stay informed with well-researched insights.
Migration Watch Uk Press Comment On Conservative Manifesto Launch
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘It is important that the Conservatives have retained their intention to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands and set out some clear policies to help achieve that. This is welcome news.’
Labour’s 2015 Election Manifesto
Labour have today released their manifesto for the 2015 general election. It contains a number of commitments on immigration; twelve in all. Indeed, all of what they have said is to be welcomed; particularly the commitment to increase the number of border guards by a thousand, the pledge to stop companies hiring
Turkey’s Population And Immigration To The European Union
Figure 1: Actual and Projected populations of Germany and Turkey 11th December 2015 [i] http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/migration/docs/20151016-eu-revised-draft-action-plan_en.pdf [ii] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0239:FIN:EN:PDF [iii] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-6194_en.htm [iv] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision [v] Turkey 2015 Report, European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2015/20151110_report_turkey.pdf [vi] World Bank
Immigration And The Demand For Housing
Huge impact of immigration on the demand for housing Nearly two thirds of additional households since 1997 headed by an immigrant The impact of immigration on the demand for housing in the UK is much greater than the public realise. That is the thrust of a paper issued by Migration
British Future – A New Low In Slanted Opinion Polls
On 30th March an article appeared in The Independent with the headline “Majority of voters not convinced by Tory promises to lower immigration to below 100,000.” (See here). The article claimed that, not only were the public sceptical that the policy can be delivered, but also that they think it would be better
Labour’s Immigration Record
In the aftermath of last week’s very disappointing migration statistics, a survey of immigration policy under Labour was issued by Migration Watch UK today. The outcome of that policy was quite clearly mass immigration. Net foreign migration during the 13 years of Labour government between 1997 and 2010 was 3.6 million.