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Overwhelmed, Abused Asylum System Costs You £2 Billion In Taxes As Illegal Boats Mount
New statistics released by the Home Officereveal just how costly, overwhelmed and abused our asylum system has become as illegal boat crossings have skyrocketed. More than 60,000 have arrived illegally by boat since January 2018 and…
Learn MoreAll-time High Immigration: Record 1.1 Million Entry Grants To Live In The Uk
The Home Office released visa, asylum and immigration statisticspertaining to the year to June 2022. These reveal a large increase in immigration since before the pandemic, with an astonishing 1.1 million visas granted for people to come…
Learn MoreOpen Letter To Conservative Leadership Candidates
Below is the text of an open letter sent to both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, highlighting the support for reducing overall immigration among the British public-as revealed by our recent polling data. The Right…
Learn MoreConservative Voters Strongly Favour Reducing Immigration
New polling conducted by Migration Watch UK demonstrates significant public support for reducing immigration into Britain. Despite claims in recent years that after Brexit the British public are now softer on immigration and its impact,…
Learn MoreCensus Confirms Huge Population Growth In Overcrowded England And Wales
Some of the first results to be published from Census 2021 show that the population of England and Wales grew from 56 million to 59.5 million, or by 3.5 million between 2011 and 2021 –…
Learn MoreDeportation Of Murderers Plummets In Midst Of Flurry Of Human Rights Challenges
Collapsing enforcement and the present border chaos threatens the safety of families in the UK. This is because, in the midst of huge abuse of human rights law, removals of high harm individuals have plummeted.…
Learn MoreThis False Claim Drove The Government To Vastly Weaken Study Visa Rules, With Shocking Results
SUMMARY: Basing policy decisions on fake news can have far-reaching and damaging consequences. It has been widely claimed by government and throughout the media that 97% of overseas students depart after graduating. This is completely misleading.…
Learn MoreRwanda Deal Means Refugees Coming To Britain From Africa, Government Admits
The government have said that the asylum deal with Rwanda will lead to a ‘small number of the most vulnerable refugees in Rwanda will be resettled in the UK‘ but have not yet provided any…
Learn MoreQuick Facts On Illegal Boat Crossings
1. The number of boat arrivals since 1 January 2018 has now passed 50,000 and crossings are now double what they were compared with last year (which was an all-time record). Source: See our Boat Tracking Stationwhich…
Learn MoreThe Institute Of Directors And Immigration
The Institute of Directors (IoD) have been busy of late. Earlier last week Simon Walker, the Director General, argued in a debate that London needed more immigration. Later in the week, Mr Walker described a speech made by James Brokenshire, the Minister of State for Immigration, as ‘feeble and pathetic’. (See here)
The Story Of Net Migration – 1975-2013
In a major blow to one of the government’s flagship commitments, the latest data shows that net migration in the year to September 2013 reached 212,000, just 40,000 shy of the largest net flow into Britain since passenger flows have been recorded. Net migration on the present scale is unprecedented
The Latest Immigration Figures Are Grist To The Mill For Euro-sceptics
By Sir Andrew GreenChairman of Migration Watch UK 28 February, 2014 Yesterday’s immigration figures are clearly bad news for the Government. A doubling of net migration from the EU to 130,000 in the year to last September has blown them off course. A continued inflow from Poland seems to have been
International Students: The Case For Refining Their Visa Regime
Summary 1. The Tier 4 student visa should be divided into three visas, one for each type of study: University, Further Education, and English Language. This would allow for a better understanding of the international student sector and for greater flexibility in entry requirements that properly reflects the different risks
Migration Watch Uk Press Comment On The National Statistics Of Romanians And Bulgarians In Uk
The Office for National Statistics has today released its quarterly Labour Market Statistics which show that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK in the period October-December 2013 was estimated to be 144,000. This is compared to 102,000 for the same period in 2012, an increase of 41 percent.
Press Comment On Bbc Panorama Programme On Student Visa Scandal
Commenting on the BBC Panorama programme on student visas, Alp Mehmet Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This Panorama programme is clear evidence of abuse that must have been apparent to a fair number of people in the education sector. This may help to explain why only about one third of