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Response to 2001 Census figures… | Migration Watch UK
The following comment was issued to the media on February 13, 2003 in respect of the results of the 2001 Census. ‘These figures illustrate just how quickly and profoundly the character of some parts of…
Learn MoreRestore The First Chance Rule
The ‘First Chance’ rule – also known as the ‘Resident Labour Market Test’ – is an immigration safeguard that means UK workers have the first opportunity to apply for job openings before such vacancies are…
Learn MoreSome Clarifying Points On Eu Migration, Clegg &farage Eu Debate
At last night’s debate on the European Union between Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg, the following exchange took place regarding Migration Watch’s recently released paper ‘The Outlook for EU migration’: Nigel Farage: “Indeed there was a report out this morning from Migration Watch which said that even at current numbers
Over Half A Million Eu Migrants Expected In The Next 5 Years – That Is More Than The Population Of Manchester
The recent increase in migration from the EU is likely to continue into the medium term throwing the government’s immigration policy off course and creating tension between the UK’s continued membership of the EU and control of our borders. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by Migration Watch UK.
Ict Visas And The Immigration Figures Are The Home Office Fiddling The Figures?
Last week there were press reports that the government was going to ‘massage’ the immigration figures by shortening the short term Intra Company Transfer (ICT) route to less than one year so as to take 20,000 out of the immigration figures [1]. However, by no means all will be coming for
The Deeply Flawed Prospectus Of Conservatives For Managed Migration
By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UK Mark Field’s launch on Tuesday of a new group “Conservatives for Managed Migration” received a warm welcome from the immigration lobby and from the Labour party but it is hard to take them seriously. The group appears to have very little knowledge
House Of Lords Select Committee On The Constitution Findings On The Immigration Bill
The Select Committee brings three clauses of the Immigration Bill to the attention of the house. Read the Full Briefing Paper No 8.76
Immigrants Have Cost The Tax Payer Over £140 Billion Since 1995
Recent immigrants from 2001 to 2011 might have cost over £25 bn. Migration Watch UK today issued a new assessment of the cost of immigration to the tax payer. The outcome is that immigrants cost the taxpayer over £140 billion or more than £22 million a day over the 17 years 1995