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On 8th August the Migration MattersTrust (MMT), chaired by Barbara Roche and co-chaired by Gavin Barwell MPpublished their estimate of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria which theyput at 20,000 for 2014.[1],[2]. On 18 August an article in The Observer quoted AtulHatwal the Director of the MMT as saying that higher claims

Commenting on the ONS’s Labour market statistics, Sir AndrewGreen, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This increase of just over a third in Romanian and Bulgarianworkers in the UK over the past year is a sharp increase on the previous trend.It suggests that still larger numbers will arrive next year

Summary  1.The recent OBR report was deeply misleading on immigration because it:  –       chose for the summary an entirelytheoretical scenario.  –       made no assessment of the government’sactual policy; indeed, the general effect was to misrepresent it.  –       made no mention of the population impactof its central case which would add  15million

Commenting on ChrisBryant’s Immigration speech, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UKsaid: “Chris Bryant’s speech ducksthe main issue. It says little about the level of immigration or howLabour intends to bring it down after allowing the total to reach four millionon their watch.

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Commenting on the report, Mr Alp Mehmet,Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “The Chief Inspector is right topoint to inadequate Border Force resources, especially at Calais. It is timethe government accepted that an effective border control can’t be had on thecheap and allocate sufficient resources to address an issue

This year’s reportby the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the sustainability of thegovernment’s fiscal position included an Annex on immigration. This suggested that the UK’s public debt / GDPratio would be considerably enhanced by a higher level of immigration. The report is remarkably frank about the lack ofevidence for any