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Commenting on the Government’s new draft Immigration Bill, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “The Government should be commended for their determined approach to tackling illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants add to the pressure on public services and undermine the wages of British workers. It is part of

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Summary Immigration was thedog that prowled but didn’t bark. Asexpected, UKIP majored on it but did not make any policy announcements.  Labour put forward a series of relativelytrivial policy suggestions but there was little recognition of the massimmigration that they had triggered in government and no commitment to anysignificant reduction.

Summary 1. Despite the government’s substantial range of measures toreduce net migration to the tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament, theUK remains very much open for business. There are numerous categories underwhich people can come to the UK to work, do business and study, allowing peopleto invest

Section 15 ofthe Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 prescribes civil penaltieswhich may be imposed by the Home office on employers found to have been employingillegal immigrants, i.e. people who have no leave to remain in the UK, whoseleave has expired or who have leave but whose leave is subject

Summary 1.Labour’s scheme to trade work permitsfor new apprenticeships faces practical difficulties. Work permits are nowadaysissued for higher level positions so apprentices would not be immediatereplacements. There would be no impact on low skilled migration which seems tohave been the context for this announcement. Introduction 2. On the Andrew Marr